Transgender activist wins landmark case in Kenyan court

By Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Transgender activist Audrey Mbugua won a landmark case on Tuesday when the High Court ordered the Kenya National Examinations Council to change her name on her academic certificates. Kenya is a conservative country where transgender people find it virtually impossible to get work because of the discrepancy between the gender on their certificates and the one they present as. “We won,” Mbugua told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “It’s a huge watershed moment. ... Read More http://ift.tt/1vN2NdU