[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Isaac Mwaura is also asking for funding for alignment surgeries and a public awareness campaign[/caption] A Kenyan MP has asked the country's parliament to pass a law to recognise a third gender to end discrimination against those who identify as intersex. Isaac Mwaura is also asking for funding for gender alignment surgery and a public awareness...
While speaking at the annual judges colloquium in Mombasa on Tuesday, Maraga called for fair treatment of transgender people saying to some those were factors beyond their control. “There some people who find themselves in that position,they are born with their genders not distinct, I mean why do you want to cast those people out of the society?” He posed....
My name is Nelly Samz. I am from Mombasa and I identify as intersex. As an intersex person living in Kenya, we go through a lot of challenges especially in terms of education, employment and in interacting with other members of the community. Growing up, one of the many challenges I faced was having to wear the school uniform. People...
WATCH: Victoria Rubadiri interviews James Karanja and Ryan Muiruri of the Intersex Persons Society of Kenya (IPSK) [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX_krtp-cw0[/embed]
SEE persons from the intersex community in Kenya and read their stories. [CNN] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1100"] Ryan Muiruri (left) and John Karanja (right), are both intersex men and activists in Kenya, a country with a strong Christian population. "I could find some pastors talking to me, "God had a reason to create you as a girl," Ryan says. "But...