https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/10/09/home-affairs-drives-trans-woman-hunger-strike/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Fri, 30 Jan 2015 22:07:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/10/09/home-affairs-drives-trans-woman-hunger-strike/#comment-666881 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 22:07:56 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=46030#comment-666881 I am for ever thankful for Nadia Swanepoel for what she did for other transgender people who want to follow in her giant foot steps. I pray that I too will one day have the courage to change my name and legal issues. Love always, Charlie

]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/10/09/home-affairs-drives-trans-woman-hunger-strike/#comment-162247 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 11:09:07 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=46030#comment-162247 It took me a full two years to get the application to go through. All that is required is two letters by two doctors that state that the person has under gone gender reassignment and it just requires to state the following.
The patient “name’ has undergone gender reassignment and now appears as female (or male).
nothing else as it just confuses the people at home affairs

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