Transgender man�s identity document changed from female to male

Previously, the High Court of Botswana in a case of ND v Attorney General of Botswana and others, Justice Godfrey Nthomiwa, handed down a also judgement in which the Court ordered the Registrar to change ND’s gender marker on the identity document from female to male.

The High Court acknowledged with concern the ongoing distress and discomfort experienced by the applicant when he is required to explain intimate details of his life to strangers whenever he seeks to access routine services simply because his identity document does not match his expressed gender or gender identity.