Gita November’s transition was complete when her priest greeted her as “Sister November”. The moment, at the New Apostolic Church Silversands in Kuilsriver, Cape Town, remains etched in her mind: “It was so special and emotional. Walking into the church… being greeted as Sister November. Then my priest came to my house and addressed me as Sister November, too.” Before that, she had been Brother November. Gita took on the church in 2016, asking it to accept that her identity had changed. “I wrote to the church’s head office, refusing to go to congregations as Brother November any longer. After some time, they accepted me,” she says.