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LGBT rights in South Africa. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in South Africa have the same legal rights as non-LGBT people. [ 1 ][ 2 ] South Africa has a complex and diverse history regarding the human rights of LGBTQ people. The legal and social status of between 400,000 to over 2 million lesbian, gay, bisexual ...
t. e. The Alteration of Sex Description and Sex Status Act, 2003 (Act No. 49 of 2003) is a South African Act of Parliament which allows a person to change, under certain conditions, their sex recorded in the population registry. Under the act, three types of people may apply to the Department of Home Affairs for a change of the sex description ...
With the inception of new identity card, a third gender option (using digit "7" as the second digit of national identification number) will be available to transgender persons alike. [160] However, it raises concerns that the practice could stigmatize transgender persons, instead of respecting their gender identity. [ 161 ]
Kgositau lives in South Africa. Career and advocacy. Kgositau is a director at Gender Dynamix trans-rights organisation. She is a trans rights advocate. Selected publications. Liesl Theron and Tshepo Ricki Kgositau, The Emergency of a Grassroots African Trans Archive, Transgender Studies Quarterly 2(4): 578-583, 2015
Same-sex marriage has been legal in South Africa since the Civil Union Act, 2006 came into force on 30 November 2006. The decision of the Constitutional Court in the case of Minister of Home Affairs v Fourie on 1 December 2005 extended the common-law definition of marriage to include same-sex spouses—as the Constitution of South Africa guarantees equal protection before the law to all ...
Sangoma, author, activist, healer. Known for. Author of Black Bull, Ancestors and Me: My Life as a Lesbian Sangoma. Nkunzi Zandile Nkabinde (7 December 1975 - 24 May 2018) was a South African sangoma, author, and LGBT activist. They are recognized for their work and writings surrounding LGBT life as a South African, and they are best known for ...
Busi Kheswa. Busi Kheswa is an oral historian as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activist from South Africa. She is most notable for directing the Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW). [1] FEW works to promote and protect the rights of LBT women in South Africa.
SistaazHood is a South African activist and advocacy support group embedded at the organisation Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT). The Sistaaz Hood supports the rights and health of transgender women and sex workers. The group was founded in 2010 and is based in Cape Town. The group is also known for their various ...