What can international audiences learn from the resilience, creativity, and leadership of queer activists across Africa? How can international allies engage in meaningful solidarity while respecting local contexts and priorities? And what role can scholarship play in advancing dignity, inclusion, and human rights?
Dignity Network Canada, in collaboration with the Center for Gender Studies and Feminist Futures and the Center for Conflict Studies at Marburg University, Germany, and the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, invites to a special virtual edition of Dignity in Dialogue to celebrate the launch of “Joy, Reflections, Resistance – LGBTIQ+ Lived Realities in Africa: Scholarly and Activist Perspectives”.
Co-edited by TraCe PI Mariel Reiss and Ayodele Sogunro, this book brings together scholarly and activist perspectives on the diverse lived realities of LGBTIQ+ communities across Africa. The TraCe highlight publication emerged from the Pretoria-Marburg Queer Conversations webinar series, which fosters dialogue and knowledge exchange between academics and activists while centering African experiences, expertise, and leadership.
Book’s contributors and speakers at the event:
Naledi Mpanza (Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria)
Monica Tabengwa (UNDP)
Adrian Jjuuko (Makerere University)
Khanyisile Phillips (Independent Activist)
Belinda Qaqamba Makinana (Gender Dynamix)
Madeleine Muller (Water Sisulu University)
The conversation will be moderated by Thiruna Naidoo (Outright International).
Join the editors and contributors as they discuss the motivations behind the book, the realities facing queer communities across Africa today, and the possibilities for transnational solidarity in a rapidly changing world.
- When? June 18, 2026, 16:00 h
- Where? Digital, register for the session.
Check out the TraCe highlight publications and download the book on open access.