Judges have been urged to assist in upholding the dignity of transgender and intersex persons. Lawyer Ambrose Rachier yesterday told the judges they should start interpreting the laws about people whose gender cannot be defined. He spoke during a judges’ conference in Mombasa. Rachier highlighted a case in which a transgender was sexually assaulted by fellow prisoners after he was detained at a male prison. The victim, identified as Muasya, had both male and female organs, but considered “herself” more female than male. Rachier said the law has not protected the third gender and such people have ended up being discriminated against and stigmatised. “Even in the airports or hotels, we are asked: ‘Are you female or male?’ Where do we leave people with two genitalia or who have an inner female, but their looks betray them as male,” he said.