Kenya to include intersex category during next month’s census
By Guardian Exclusive
29 July 2019 |
3:20 pm
Kenya will include intersex category, along with 'male' and 'female', in the section on gender in her next month's census. Intersex is a term that describes people who are born with a variety of characteristics that do not fit into traditional conceptions of female or male bodies.
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