Out of Bounds : A Landscape Analysys of The Human Rights of Intersex, Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People in East Africa

K. Mukasa, R. Odoyo

A qualitative study whose focus is on the lived realities and experiences of Intersex, Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming (ITGNC) persons from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda. This study explores the ways in which the lack of distinction between sex and gender identity manifests as associated to perceived gender roles vis-á-vis non-conforming gender identities. In exploring the realities of ITGNC East Africans, this study interrogates five broad thematic issues namely; legal and policy environments, Health, Public discourse, lived realities and movement building in those five countries. The report identifies a common trend in all the study countries in which it was difficult to identify a visible intersex community. Data was collected through literature reviews, interviews and focus group discussions.