Problems intersex people face

He further says that it is hard for him to get a job because his original documents have the name Diana Aleyo, which he was assigned at birth. He says that the documents with the name Dalton Amugune are not legit and so he cannot use them in offices. This makes it difficult for him to support his mother who has been providing for the family since their father left after he knew that Dalton was an intersex child. There is a widespread lack of accurate documents for them and thus impacts their lives in all aspects, including accesss and to public services.

Dalton further explains the stigma and harassment he has faced since he was in primary school. He says that he was forcefully undressed by teachers in a primary school he attended because they had noticed that he could not go to the latrines with other kids. Although the trans rights and support has increased, the trans community still face   considerable stigma due to more than a century of being characterized as mentally ill and sexually predatory.

Catherine Mutisya, a consultant psychiatrist, has been involved in management of several transgender people in Kenya. She believes that in Kenya, most people with gender identity disorder do not disclose it, but they struggle with it. This is because they are afraid of the stigma that is associated with it.

However, there is need for the transgender and intersex people to engage in the processes of legal and policy transformation in Kenya, be it in the health sector, citizenship and education sectors. There is also need for the general public to be equipped with knowledge about intersex people in the community to try and end the stigma this people face.

Having had an intersex friend and after seeing how badly he was treated by the society to  a point that he had to run away and never came back home for over ten years now, I believe that every member of the society has a responsibility to make the world a safer place for any person with a problem of gender disorder.