JUDGMENT has been deferred in a case in which an intersex convict is seeking legal recognition and release from jail. …

Muasya, who was born with both male and female genitals, but passes off as a man, says he has been unable to get a birth certificate and, as a result, cannot achieve his academic ambitions.

His would-be wife walked away from him after she came to learn of his condition, saying she could not live with a fellow woman, Muasya says.

He finds himself in a legal framework that doesn’t have provisions for him and people like him. Muasya, who is a robbery convict, says the law recognises only male and female gender, which he terms unfair and discriminatory. …