Audrey Mbugua

My name is Audrey Mbugua.

I was born thirty years ago in Kenya and assigned the male gender. After birth, I was named Andrew Mbugua. I was then named Eddy, though the name Eddy was never entered into my official documents.

The so-called lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender/transsexual (LGBTI) movement is fast becoming a frightening nightmare.

There is a systematic ploy to erase the transgender community, experiences and lives. The ubiquitous actions that are slowly expunging transgender people from our civilisation and their pernicious nature are weighing heavily on the transgender community.

On 30 July 2010, a transgender woman (who I shall refer to as Storm) was arrested in Thika District in Kenya’s Central Province. She was arraigned in court for intent to commit crime and remanded thereafter in a female remand facility.

Fundamental religious doctrine, executed by more than a single religion, is a threat to individuals who lose their lives to the dogma, and to the peace and stability of the whole of society, writes Audrey Mbugua.

'The priests of the different religious sects dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight.' Thomas Jefferson[i]

A suspected gay man is rescued from Christian and Muslim criminals.

On 11 September 2001, America woke up to watch helplessly as 2,752 people lost their lives as a result of a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda.

'My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest should have the same opportunity as the strongest'
Mahatma Gandhi

The term 'transgender people' refers to those who identify with a gender identity and role different from the one assigned by birth.

Identity politics refers to a political action to advance the interests of a group whose members perceive themselves to be oppressed by virtue of a shared and marginalised identity (such as race, ethnicity, religion, gender or sexual orientation).