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United in strength. Rooted in belonging.

The African Trans Network (ATN) is a pan-African continental network for trans movements in Africa.

We’re a network of members from all five subregions of Africa working to unite, strengthen and empower trans movement building on the continent to speak with one unified voice.

We’re all about facilitating support for local and grassroots trans movements to advocate for the rights, safety, healthcare and representation of transgender Africans.
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Trans Pre-Conference at Pan Africa ILGA 2025

  • January 29th, 2026

In November 2025, the African Trans Network (ATN), in partnership with Gender Dynamix (GDX), co-hosted the Trans Pre-Conference alongside the 7th Pan Africa ILGA Regional Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa.

  • Focus: EventsNewsStories & Statements
  • Category: African Trans NetworkConveningsPan Africa ILGAtrans rights

Call for Proposals: Innovation Small Grants 2025

  • September 4th, 2025
We are excited to announce the second round of the Innovation Small Grants, an initiative designed to support emergent trans-led organisations across Africa. Through this grant, we aim to strengthen trans movements by resourcing innovative ...
  • Focus: Call for ApplicationsGrantsNewsOpportunities
  • Category: AfricaFundingHealth & WellnessInnovation Small GrantsPolicyRights

Governance Training and Policy Development Services

  • August 5th, 2025
The African Trans Network seeks to engage a qualified consultant to provide governance training and policy development services over a period of 3 months to strengthen the organisation’s institutional foundations. This consultancy is ...
  • Focus: NewsOpportunities
  • Category: ConsultancyPolicy DevelopmentTraining
  • Region: Africa

Reflective Practice Retreat

  • July 5th, 2025
Rest is an act of resistance. In early July, a small group of trans activists from across Africa gathered in the peaceful embrace of a lodge in one of Kenya’s most serene landscapes to slow down, reflect, reconnect, and simply be. For six d...
  • Focus: Programs
  • Category: Health & Wellness
  • Region: East AfricaKenya

Trans African Pride

  • June 2nd, 2025
This Pride Month, we’ve been asking: what does Trans African Pride look like?For us, it means looking inward — to our histories, our languages, our spiritual beliefs, and the everyday lives of those who came before us. It means unearthing t...
  • Focus: Stories & Statements
  • Category: PrideTrans History
  • Region: Africa

IDAHOBIT: Hate is not an African value. Community is.

  • May 17th, 2025
Our Programmes Officer Brandy Akoth reflects on this year’s IDAHOBIT theme “Power in Communities” at a time when trans lives and communities in Africa are under attack like never before. But, these regressive efforts are not grounded in Afr...
  • Focus: Stories & Statements
  • Category: Human RightsPolitics

Trump Funding Freeze a Crisis for Trans Healthcare Access in Africa

  • April 16th, 2025
The African Trans Network (ATN) strongly condemns the Trump administration’s sudden implementation of a 90-day ‘stop-work’ order halting U.S. global foreign assistance, including critical PEPFAR funding. This decision, ena...
  • Focus: Stories & Statements
  • Category: Health & WellnessHuman Rights

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