Transgender woman wins recognition
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
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Tshepo Kgositau
In what many human rights advocacy groups would view as a giant step in achieving inclusive democracy for minority groups such as transgender people, the Gaborone High Court yesterday ordered the Registrar of Births and Deaths to amend the registers to reflect Kgositau as female not as male.
Kgositau was suing the Civil and National Registration for refusal to change the gender marker on her identity documents.
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