IN what is a land mark application in a Kenya court, an inter-sex death row convict has urged a Constitutional Court to create a law that will accommodate his gender. Through his lawyer John Chingiti, Richard Muasya yesterday urged judges Hannah Okengu, George Dulu and Ruth Sitati to enact a law that will embrace hermaphrodites….
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Africa
The Guardian: Caster Semenya may return to track this month after IAAF clearance
SPECULATION as to what that “process” might have entailed has been rife, with unconfirmed reports suggesting that rather than waiting for the results of a gender verification test – as had been claimed by the IAAF – she has been undergoing hormone-based treatment for what is widely accepted to be an intersex condition. As Pierre…
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Times of Swaziland: Don’t discriminate [against] children with male and female organs
ACCORDING to Macmillan English dictionary, hermaphrodite is a person, animal, or plant that has both male and female sex organs. Speaking during this year’s Manzini Region Day of the African Child commemoration that was held at Kukhanyeni Inkhundla, NCCU’s Ncane Dlamini said parents were hiding their children who have two private parts. “In some cases,…
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almasryalyoum: Beneath the galabiya: Intersex operations in Assiut
IN the realm of sexual taboos in Egypt, the issue of “intersex individuals” – or those born with “ambiguous genitalia” – is certainly somewhere near the top of the list. While medical professionals take an impartial approach to treatment and surgical operations, social and cultural factors pose a challenge for affected individuals and their families….
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Premières lignes – le blog de Paul Moreira: Enfants difformes en Somalie
JE reviens de Somalie. Mogadiscio est totalement abandonnée. A l’hopital Madina, j’ai vu un médecin irakien, chef de la chirurgie d’urgence, qui a du donner un litre de son propre sang pour sauver un blessé. Pas de banque du sang dans le principal hopital d’un pays en guerre. Et puis, j’ai vu une vague inexpliquée…
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Daily Nation: Groups drawn to intersex convict’s case
ACTIVISTS for and against gay unions have joined a case filed by an intersex convict seeking the legalisation of a third gender in Kenya. The Kenya Christian Lawyers Fellowship is opposing the plea while the Gays and Lesbians Trust is for the case. In the case, Richard Muasya, who was born with both male and…
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Reverend Rowland Jide Macaulay Ministries: African LGBTI Manifesto & Declaration
WE are specifically committed to the transformation of the politics of sexuality in our contexts. As long as African LGBTI people are oppressed, the whole of Africa is oppressed. Reclaiming and sharing our stories (past and present), our lived realities, our contributions to society and our hopes for the future; Strengthening ourselves and our organizations,…
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Couriermail.com.au: “Caster Semenya set to release gender test results”
WORLD 800 metre champion Caster Semenya is likely to release the results of her gender tests herself, according to an Athletics South Africa official. “I have some suspicion that Caster, herself, will release the results of the medical process,” ASA administrator Richard Stander said. “This is how it is done with everyone else,” Stander said,…
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