Although public attitudes have been slowly changing on issues around LGBT+ persons in Lesotho, the same can’t be said for transgender persons. Identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual poses a threat to the individuals who do so. And transwomen face even more prejudice – more than transgender men for instance. Read more…
SOUTH AFRICA The case revolves around three women and their spouses‚ who had taken the department of home affairs to court after it had refused to change their gender description. The department had argued that the amendments could not be made since the couples had been married in terms of Read more…
AUGUST 27, 2017EXCLUSIVE Sabi, before (right) and after (left) the Sex Change Operation Home Exclusive Sabi, born as MK Giri, had joined the Marine Engineering Department of the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam as an 18 years old young man in 2010. However, she never quite felt she belonged to the body she Read more…
BACKGROUND On 4 August 2017 the Botswana High Court (Gaborone) will hear an application challenging the refusal of the Registrar of National Registration to change the gender marker on the identity document of a transgender woman. The case will be heard before Judge Dambe. The applicant, Tshepo Ricki Kgositau, is Read more…
There is a dangerous assumption that the South African health department’s sex worker programmes are able to assist all sex workers. However, the reality is that while all sex workers experience tough challenges such as harassment, police brutality, and abuse from clients in their line of work, transgender sex workers Read more…