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We are here, we exist – say Kenyan intersex persons

We are here, we exist – say Kenyan intersex persons

NDUTA WAWERU UNTIL he was ten years old, Sidney Etemesi (not his real name) thought he was a girl. “I was born and raised a girl in Kakamega County," Etemesi stated, speaking in Nairobi. "My parents named me Beatrice and made sure I lived as a girl.” There was no room for any gender ambiguity - or discussion - at home in Kakamega, as Etemesi was to find out. “You were either a boy or a girl and acted like one. I was different, and I knew something was wrong,” Etemesi explained. At ten years old, in primary school, while…
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