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4:56 CAT | 13 Dec 2017
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A transgender woman has won a landmark case against Botswana’s government to be recognised as female, reports Reuters news agency.
Tshepo Ricki Kgositau had sued the Botswana government for refusing to change the gender on her identity document from male to female.
In court papers, Ms Kgositau argued that she had since an early age identified as a woman and that the different gender on her identity document was causing her emotional distress and increased her vulnerability to abuse and violence.
Justice Leatile Dambe ordered that the document is changed within seven days, adds Reuters
In 2014, a judge overturned a government ban on a gay rights lobbying group, ruling that lesbians, gay people and bisexual people of Botswana be allowed to register and campaign for changes to the law. However, it reiterated that it was still illegal to engage in homosexual acts.
Source: BBC
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