Ricki Kgositau

Tshepo Ricki Kgositau-Kanzaa, is trans-rights activist from Botswana who lives in South Africa. In 2017, she was the first trans women to have her preferred gender identity legally recognised in Botswana. Quotes “Uniform policies… are very violent experiences for transgender persons in a Botswana context where the uniform application of laws and policies is binary and arbitrarily assigned based on one’s sex marker on one’s identity document.” International Commission of Jurists "I am a woman" Guardian Sun. “I don’t appreciate how certain members of society have continued to address me as a ‘he’ instead of a ‘she’.” Guardian Sun “Robbing someone the respect for their identity is telling them that they do not matter and are perhaps a non-person or non-citizen.” The independent “The court victory is not for her ‘but for every single trans diverse person in Botswana.’” The independent External link Category:Women activists from Botswana Category:LGBT rights activists Category:Living people