1.0AfricaCelebrities.Comhttps://africacelebrities.comSteffany Ghero, Staff Writerhttps://africacelebrities.com/author/steffany2/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://africacelebrities.com/2019/08/25/i-was-born-intersex-raised-a-girl-and-grew-up-a-man-27-year-old-kenyan-man-narrates/">I Was Born Intersex, Raised a Girl and Grew Up a Man – 27 Year Old Kenyan Man Narrates</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- !function(d,l){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,i,a,s=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),c=0;c<n.length;c++)n[c].style.display="none";for(c=0;c<s.length;c++)if(r=s[c],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(a=parseInt(t.value,10)))a=1e3;else if(~~a<200)a=200;r.height=a}if("link"===t.message)if(i=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),i.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,o.test(a.protocol))if(a.host===i.host)if(l.activeElement===r)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),d.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),a=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<a.length;s++){if(!(e=a[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||i)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://africacelebrities.com/2019/08/25/i-was-born-intersex-raised-a-girl-and-grew-up-a-man-27-year-old-kenyan-man-narrates/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“I Was Born Intersex, Raised a Girl and Grew Up a Man – 27 Year Old Kenyan Man Narrates” — AfricaCelebrities.Com" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://i2.wp.com/africacelebrities.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/InShot_20190825_131834022.jpg?fit=700%2C470&ssl=170047027 year old James Karanja was born in the early 1990’s as intersex and named Mary Waithera by his mother who wanted a girl. Over the course of his life, he faced stigma and humiliation which drove him to attempt suicide three times. He shared with the Daily Nation in an interview the moving story […]