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Georgia grants legal gender recognition to trans woman for first time

In a historic first, the conservative country of Georgia granted an appeal by a trans woman to change her gender on official documents to female

Georgia grants legal gender recognition to trans woman for first time
A protest outside the House of Justice, Tbilisi to demand legal gender recognition for transgender people, International Women’s Day, 2018 | Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media
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A transgender woman in Georgia has had her gender officially recognised in the first such case in the country’s history.