GAY AND LESBIAN COALITION OF KENYA

TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly
Announcement of Publication and First Call for Submissions

Announcement of Publication
General Editors Paisley Currah and Susan Stryker are pleased to
announce that TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly will be published by
Duke University Press, currently planned for launch in the first
quarter of 2014. TSQ aims to be the journal of record for the
interdisciplinary field of transgender studies, and to promote the
widest possible range of perspectives on transgender phenomena broadly
defined. Every issue of TSQ will be a specially themed issue that also
contains regularly recurring features such as reviews, interviews, and
opinion pieces.

The Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK) General Meeting is the highest decision making organ in the coalition. It only comes second to the community members who converge every two years to give it life. The last Biennial General Meeting was held in 2010 and in it the then four existing member groups voted in 2 new groups. The six member groups presented nominees for voting into the current GALCK Board which was mandated to lead the coalition through a decriminalization process and review the constitution, as well adopting more groups to give it a more national outreach and representation.

In 2011, GALCK undertook a Network Management process supported by GIZ. It was to cause groups to review the relationship between GALCK and Member Groups and a report on the same was compiled by Nguru Karugu, the official consultant for the process. Concurrently, GALCK conducted a Needs Assessment for new and emerging and affiliate groups all over the country which saw GALCK initiate discussions with more groups who would potentially join in the coalition after procedural application, vetting and nomination and voting at the next BGM.

As GALCK has continuously grown in its scale and capacity, concerns have been raised with regards to its compliance with its original mandate, structure, representation, accountability, politics and accessibility to the community among many others.

The Coalition of African Lesbians [CAL] is a network of organizations working to transform Africa into a continent where all lesbian, bisexual and trans-diverse people enjoy the full range of human rights, secure in the knowledge that we are recognized as full persons and citizens, with rich and diverse cultures, and enjoy a significant and respected presence in all spheres of life. Our work is shaped by an African radical feminist understanding, informed by research, and strengthened by the claiming of social and economic power.