Tiwonge Chimbalanga

[such_heights]

The case of Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza, the couple sentenced to fourteen years' hard labour under Malawi's anti-gay laws, has caused a good deal of outrage worldwide, and quite rightly. But why, when the world's media has been shocked by the Malawi government's sentence, has it followed it so meekly in regarding Tiwonge Chimbalanga as a gay man, when their own reports make it clear that she is either intersex or a trans woman?

- steepholm in transgender here.

Seems to me to be a pretty important fact of the case that I haven't seen reported anywhere until today. The very least we can do for Chimbalanga is gender her properly.

Comments

[gorgeousnerd]

I'd only heard about this case in passing before, but it's alarming that all I heard was "two men" before this post. Thanks for the heads-up.

[torachan]

I hadn't heard of them at all before yesterday, when I saw something about it on Questioning Transphobia.

[sunnyrea.livejournal.com]

I didn't know that! I'd only heard that it was 'two men' as well.

[glass_icarus]

I hadn't heard about the case at all; thanks for the heads-up.

[forthwritten]

I've only heard about this yesterday and today. "LGB where's the T?" indeed

[magic_at_mungos]

I only heard about this yesterday when I was listening to a trans speaker. Then I think the Guardian mentioned it. But fail.