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Title: South African bank assists on transgender IDs
Post by: LostInTime on September 05, 2006, 01:36:59 PM
Article Link (http://www.afrol.com/articles/21019)

She however found that assistance and compassion was available in her new home. The South African transgender organisation Gender DynamiX took on to help her applying for a refugee status in the world's only country that given constitutional rights to sexual minorities.

Gender DynamiX is now helping her to settle in South Africa and one of many challenges has been the initiation of a bank account for her. "This was easier said than done – at first," the organisation says. "After many failed attempts and much time lost, a bubbly Sales Consultant from First National Bank crossed paths with the CEO of Gender DynamiX, Liesl Theron," the group explains.