Ugandan trans campaigner wants her community recognised in next census


  • World
  • Thursday, 18 Nov 2021

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Cleopatra Kambugu is a molecular biologist, the star of a Netflix documentary and a prominent social campaigner in Uganda.

She was also assigned male at birth and became one of the first of a small number of Ugandans to have her gender identity officially changed. Now, she wants Uganda to widen the options at its next census in 2023 to include the transgender community.

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