CAPITAL FM NEWSGrappling with being a transgenderPosted by JUDIE KABERIA on October 30, 2011 | Retrieved from the Internet on November 2, 2011 by SJ
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2011/10/grappling-with-being-a-transgender/Grappling with being a transgenderNAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 30 – When the Capital News crew meets up with Natasha Saitoti, she hugs us happily. She has just come from a visit to a hair salon in Nairobi's South B estate.
The 20-year old swings her freshly done braids to the back of her head in an effort to brush them from her well made up face. The expertly applied make up leaves a radiant face that matches her dark brown skin colour on the rest of her body.
Her eyebrows are neatly trimmed. The eye shadow is pink.
She evenly distributes the lip shine as gets ready for the interview.
Carefully she sits at the corner of a two-seater sofa, and crosses her legs, again throwing the few braids blocking her eyes backwards.
But Natasha Saitoti, is not a girl. She was born a boy
