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Title: When Andrew met Audrey
Post by: Butterfly on January 11, 2010, 01:08:49 PM
Post by: Butterfly on January 11, 2010, 01:08:49 PM
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 (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.
Mail Guardian Online
By MUNENE KILONGI
11 January, 2010
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-01-11-when-andrew-met-audrey (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.