Trans Youth Initiative Uganda (TYI-Uganda)

Last week, we made history. TYI-Uganda, in collaboration with @transforumug and @UKPC_UG hosted THE STATE OF TRANS SRHR IN UGANDA 2026, the first national conference in Uganda to address trans health across HIV, TB, malaria, and SRHR. 4–5 March | Kampala Trans and gender-diverse people from all four regions of Uganda came together to document health barriers, share what’s working, and build consensus on what we need from the health system. Our evidence. Our voices. Our asks. On Day 2, we presented our findings directly to UNAIDS, Ministry of Health program leads, TASO Uganda, HRAPF, and development partners. For the first time, trans and gender-diverse communities sat at the table with the program leaders and spoke with one voice. What we produced: • The first community-generated evidence base on trans health in Uganda • Regional findings from Central, Western, Eastern, and Northern Uganda • Priority recommendations to MoH across HIV, TB, malaria, and SRHR • A Community Position Paper (coming soon) There is no disaggregated data on trans health in Uganda. Not in HIV, not in TB, and not in malaria.That changes now. Thank you to our partners: @UKPC_UG @hrapf_uganda, Ark Wellness Hub, Ice Breakers Uganda, Alive Medical Services,UHAI-EASHRI, LINK Partners, and every trans and gender-diverse institution that showed up. And to every trans and gender-diverse person who shared their story, you are the reason this exists. This is not the end; it is the beginning. Follow-up is in progress. The Community Position Paper will be released within four weeks. Accountability reviews will occur at 1, 3, and 6 months. This work is implemented under the Gender Equality Fund, an initiative established by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in partnership with GSK and ViiVHealthcare to support gender-transformative and community-led health responses. Nothing about us, without us. #TransHealthUganda #TransSRHR #95-95-95 #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #GlobalFund #TransRightsAreHealthRights

OUT NOW #WorldTBDay advocacy toolkit for GC8. Countries are preparing funding requests to the @GlobalFund & this is a key moment to engage. What’s inside: • What’s at risk in GC8 • How to engage your CCM • Ready-to-use social media content 👉 globalfundadvocatesnetwork.org/wtbdtoolkit202…

Since 1969, @UNFPA has worked with partners and communities worldwide to improve the lives of women and girls – thanks to core funding. More than ever, we remain committed to creating a healthier and more sustainable world with our #PartnersAtCore: unf.pa/core

There’s nothing wrong with being #transgender! It's simply a natural part of human #diversity. #TransDepath #TransIsBeautiful

🔊🔊 Our 2025 Annual Report is officially here! 🎉 The year was about resilience, accountability and empowerment. Through all the backlash, together with partners, we remained committed to advancing gender Justice. Read how we did it via womenprobono.org/publication/wp…

Such an honour to be a part of this National Conference. There’s nothing for us without us indeed

We were honored to join a national conference on Trans SRHR in Uganda organized by our partners @UgandaTrans discussing health issues across HIV, TB, malaria, and SRHR, and strengthening efforts toward inclusive healthcare for trans and gender diverse communities.

Last week we joined our partners at @UgandaTrans and NTF to identify and map our SRHR priorities in the state of the current SRHR for TGs in all their different diversities. We also laid out collective responsibilities as trans organizations towards shaping the a just free SRHR.

📣 Calling 🇺🇬 youth between 14-30 to apply now for the EU 🇪🇺 funded Youth Empowerment Fund with @gymobilization. ✊ Pitch your project & unlock funding, capacity-building & access to a global network of young change makers! 📌 Apply now: bit.ly/YEFOpenCall2026

We were Honored to be present at The State of Trans SRHR in Uganda 2026 (4–5 March, Kampala), hosted by Trans Youth Initiative Uganda and partners. Trans communities from all regions documented health barriers and presented our evidence directly to UNAIDS and the Ministry of Health Uganda. Our evidence. Our voices. Our asks. 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏾 #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs @UgandaTrans @transforumug @UKPC_UG

1/5 Last week I attended a historic two-day assembly as a social justice activist committed to advocating for marginalized communities. It was deeply meaningful ,delegates from trans and gender-diverse communities met with government and institutional partners

The State of Trans SRHR in Uganda 2026 Conference Day 1 | Community Building Day — “Knowing Ourselves.” Before we faced the stakeholders, we faced each other. On March 4, trans and gender-diverse people from Central, Western, Eastern, and Northern Uganda gathered in a closed, safe space for the first time to map our health realities across HIV, TB, malaria, and SRHR. We mapped what happens when a trans person walks into a health facility in every region of this country. We explored the barriers disease by disease, region by region. We shared models that are already effective in our communities. And in the Storytelling Circle, some of us shared experiences we had never spoken aloud in a public space before. By the end of the day, we had reached a consensus. We agreed on our priority asks to the Ministry of Health, what we are prepared to contribute, and selected community presenters to carry our evidence into the stakeholder room the next morning. Day 1 was the foundation. “This conference was the first time in Uganda that trans and gender-diverse people from every region sat in one room, documented our health realities, and presented that evidence directly to the people who run the programmes that are supposed to serve us. That has never happened before. We have never had a national platform to say: this is what HIV access looks like for us, this is what TB looks like, this is what malaria looks like, this is what SRHR looks like. Now we do. And it was built entirely by the community — our evidence, our voices, our asks.” — Nana Millers, Executive Director, TYI-Uganda This work is implemented under the Gender Equality Fund, an initiative established by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in partnership with GSK and ViiV Healthcare to support gender-transformative and community-led health responses. #TransHealthUganda #TransSRHR #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #TransRightsAreHealthRights #95-95-95 #GlobalFund #CommunityLed #TYIUganda

We are all on a journey to ourselves, navigating who and how to be. Celebrate your progress and complexity. It keeps us free from rigidity.  Art by Caitlin Blunnie! Find her @/liberaljane on IG.

Survivors of TFGBV often live in constant alert mode because notifications feel threatening, comments replay in their minds, sleep becomes difficult and trust feels fragile. #TFGBV creates emotional and psychological harm that can last long after posts are deleted. #EndTFGBV

This #InternationalWomensDay, we're spotlighting the 41 jurisdictions worldwide which criminalise lesbians and bisexual women. Their criminalisation is often compounded by additional laws that have an exaggerated impact on women and girls, such as legislation criminalising adultery, abortion and sex-work, and laws that permit forced marriage and rape within marriage. To learn more about the criminalisation of LBQ women, read the brief summary of our report, Breaking the Silence: humandignitytrust.org/resources/brea…

Today, the world celebrates women, and at TYI-Uganda, we are loud and unapologetic about who we celebrate: transgender women, gender-diverse people, and every femme soul who dares to exist boldly in a country that has tried to erase them. Your womanhood is not up for debate. Your femininity is not a performance. Your life is not a political statement; it is sacred. To our trans and gender diverse sisters in rural southwestern Uganda who wake up every day and choose themselves anyway, this day is yours. 🌸💜 Happy International Women’s Day from all of us at TYI-Uganda. #IWD2026 #InternationalWomensDay #TransWomenAreWomen #TYIUganda #TransUganda #TransJoy #GiveToGain

@GFadvocates has published key resources following the 54th Global Fund Board Meeting (13–15 Feb, Geneva), marking the end of the 8th Replenishment. 📄 Report globalfundadvocatesnetwork.org/global-fund-54… 📊 Key Insights globalfundadvocatesnetwork.org/wp-content/upl… 📘 Guide globalfundadvocatesnetwork.org/wp-content/upl… Important tools for community engagement in GC8 — especially for women and girls in all their diversity. #FundHerHealth #8ForEquity #8ReplenishTheWorld #MeaningfulParticipation #GC8

What happens when perpetrators use cameras and the internet or social media as tools of control? Survivors are often told to "just block" and "ignore" the perpetrator. But blocking them does not stop the photos from circulating on the internet. #IWD26 #EndTFGBV

🚨Call for Applications🚨 Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) is seeking an experienced feminist researcher or consultancy team to conduct an Impact study on the African Women’s Leadership Institute (AWLI). The study will critically analyse AWLI’s impact, legacy, effectiveness, and broader implications for social transformation in Africa. For more information, read the Terms of Reference at: bit.ly/4r9FBIw 📩Send your applications to: consultancy@akinamamawaafrika.org 📌Deadline: 16th March 2026

📢 Calling all Women and Girls’ Advocates: Get Ready for Grant Cycle 8! Join us for this session co-organized by W4GF to discuss everything you need to know about #GC8: Access to strong, community-led data that is essential to influence funding priorities, and ensuring that #GC8 proposals delivers for women and girls in all of their diversity. #FUNDHERHEALTH 🗓 10 March 2026 ⏰ 3:00 PM EAT 🔗 Register here: shorturl.at/yrZPa