When Andrew met Audrey

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When Andrew met Audrey
Mail Guardian Online
By MUNENE KILONGI 
11 January, 2010


http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-01-11-when-andrew-met-audrey


"You say you're Andrew?" I asked, craning my neck around the side of my computer to have a better look. "Here in Kenya," I probed gently, "Andrew is a man's name."

"I am a woman in a man's body," she said confidently. (Those were her exact words). I pulled my glasses up to the tip of my nose so I could see her clearly. For a moment I was lost for words. Then I politely asked if she was a hermaphrodite, to which she answered: "No." Andrew started explaining about transgender people, transsexuals, intersex. It was quite fascinating to someone who, until that moment, knew only of gays and lesbians.