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March 2021 — Founding of Botswana Trans Initiative (BTI), Botswana

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March 2021 — Founding of Botswana Trans Initiative (BTI), Botswana Founded in March 2021 by co-founder Mogomotsi Nelly Thobega, Botswana Trans Initiative (BTI) began its journey in as a small, grassroots support group for transgender and gender-diverse persons in Botswana. With a deep commitment to human rights and social justice, sought to create a safe […]

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12 December 2017 — Tshepo Ricki Kgositau Wins Case to Change Gender Marker, Botswana

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12 December 2017 — Tshepo Ricki Kgositau Wins Case to Change Gender Marker, Botswana In 2017, Batswana trans woman, Tshepo Ricki Kgositau (former Executive Director of Gender DynamiX) won her 2011 case against the Civil and National Registration office in Gaborone, Botswana to change her documentation in the national register from male to female. Read more

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24 November 2012 — First Trans and Intersex Annual Pride in Africa, Botswana

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The first Trans and Intersex Annual Pride on the continent of Africa was held in Gaborone, Botswana on 24 November 2012.  The event was initiated by Rainbow Identity Association (RIA). The march hosted various trans and intersex activists from other African countries.

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September 2011 — Rainbow Identity Association (RIA) Starts Operating Independently, Botswana

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Rainbow Identity Association (RIA), formed in 2007, informed Gender Dynamix (GDX) that the intermediary fiscal hosting term could come to an end, as they had officially registered in 2010 and could begin operating independently in September 2011.  

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2011 — Trans Woman Tshepo Ricki Kgositau Sues the State for the Right to Gender Marker Change, Botswana

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Batswana trans woman, Tshepo Ricki Kgositau, applied to the Civil and National Registration office in Gaborone, Botswana to change her documentation in the national register from male to female in 2011. She argued that the State has a duty to realise the constitutional protection of rights and amend her Omang (identity document), as “her birth-assigned

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August 2007 — IAAF Requires Gender Verification Tests for Botswana Athlete

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Gold medallist Paralympian, Tshotlego* Morama (now Paul Morama) from Botswana underwent gender verification tests in August 2007 after a win in the 800m and 400m races at the Africa Senior Championships in Mozambique. There had already been a media spectacle in Botswana over Morama’s gender/sex (these two terms are used synonymously in Botswana) as Morama

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2007 — Formation of Rainbow Identity Association (RIA), Botswana

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Skipper Mogapi and a handful of self-identified trans and intersex persons formed a support group in Botswana in 2007 that would later be known as the Rainbow Identity Association (RIA). The founding of RIA was a result of the influence of the awareness raised at the ARC International conference in Johannesburg in December 2007 and the meeting of the Coalition of

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