WHEN Dorothee Adjakidjie was born, doctors were shocked: the tiny tot was neither a little girl, nor a little boy. Born with the genitals of both sexes, Dorothee has lived all of her life ashamed of her body and confused over her real gender.
Recently the 28-year-old finally received gender re-assignment surgery – an operation that would never have been possible without the support of a non-profit organisation that is helping transform the lives of countless people living in disadvantaged areas across Africa.
This story is from the January 10, 2019 edition of People Magazine South Africa.
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