Kenyan Court Defends Trans Rights In New Ruling

A Kenyan judge ordered education authorities on Tuesday to issue a new certificate to a transwoman under her female name, the second ruling in favor of trans rights from Kenyan courts this year.

The ruling came in a suit brought by Audrey Mbugua Ithibu, who was seeking to have her legal name, Andrew, replaced on documents issued by the Kenya National Examination Council certifying she had passed educational exams. It does not change the name that appears on her official identity documents, however.

 In issuing the ruling, High Court Judge Weldon Korir said, “These are the orders that will make the applicant (Ithibu) complete as a human being.”
Korir also ordered that the new educational certificate be issued without any gender indication.