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Kenya: Myths About Transgender People

Started by Butterfly, July 29, 2010, 05:09:31 PM

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July 29, 2010, 05:09:31 PM
Kenya: Myths About Transgender People
By Audrey Mbugua
29 July 2010


http://allafrica.com/stories/201007291004.html


On 30 July 2010, a transgender woman (who I shall refer to as Storm) was arrested in Thika District in Kenya's Central Province. She was arraigned in court for intent to commit crime and remanded thereafter in a female remand facility. It was discovered she didn't possess 'female genitalia' the day after. She was thoroughly whipped by a warden for 'causing the confusion'.

She was transferred to a police station and placed in isolation. While the senior officer was absent, one of the police officers transferred her to a male cell where she suffered sexual assault on top of being 'baptised' with a bucket full of urine. Her food was grabbed by some inmates. When she reported the matter to the senior officer, she was beaten up by the officer. Three weeks later a law court released her on a personal bond.
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