Liesl Theron is a South African trans activist and the co-founder [1] [2] [3] of Gender DynamiX organisation.
Theron was born in South Africa to an Afrikaans speaking family and has a 2+1⁄2-years-younger sister. [4]
In 1992, she came out as a lesbian at the age of 20. [4] Her mother struggled with her sexually at first, but later wrote a book about her coming to terms with it. [5] [4]
As of 2008 through 2013, she was in relationship with photographer Zanele Muholi. [6] [7] [8]
Theron is the co-founder of Gender DynamiX trans rights advocacy organisation. [9] Theron was the inaugural Executive Director for Gender DynamiX from its inception, 2005 until she stepped down, June 2014 [10]
Theron supported Sasha, one of South Africa's first openly trans refugees to navigate entry into South Africa. [11] Theron continued to support a number of trans refugees and asylum seekers from various African countries. [12] Throughout her tenure at Gender DynamiX, Theron advocated for a number of important issues, such as Access to Health Care [13] and other rights for trans people in general. [14] After Theron left Gender DynamiX as Director, she became a consultant [15] In 2016, she received the Global Transgender Heroes award from the True Colors Fund. [16] Theron moved January 2018, to Mexico to live in Mexico City. [17] Since moving to Mexico, Theron explored with her consultancy to start working with LGBTIQ and specifically Trans organizations in the Caribbean. As a result, Theron was one of the two co-consultants leading on an important and first research of its kind in the Caribbean, with 1080 Lesbian, Bi, Queer and Trans masculine respondents. The "From the Fringes to Focus [18] - A deep dive into the lived-realities of Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer women and Trans Masculine persons in 8 Caribbean countries" research highlighted issues about sexual orientation, gender identity, education, health, domestic violence, access to rights, mental health and reproductive health. Theron worked with a few more activists (Julius Kaggwa, Victor Mukasa and Gabrielle le Roux) to bring alive, end of 2022 the Trans and Intersex History in Africa website [19]
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