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Cleopatra: Uganda's history-making trans activist

After being forced to strip to 'prove' her gender, Cleopatra Kambugu fought back to become Uganda's first trans person to receive official documents recognising her as female.

After a series of humiliating incidents including being forced to strip to 'prove' her gender, Cleopatra Kambugu fought back to become Uganda's first trans person to receive official documents recognising her as female.

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Presenter: Emily Webb
Producer: Thomas Harding Assinder

(Photo: Cleopatra Kambugu. Credit: Walter Photography)

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