A Kenyan woman, who has a beard due to a hormonal imbalance, was forced to strip naked in police custody to confirm her gender, BBC Swahili reports.
Theresia Mumbi, a bus conductor and activist, said that traffic police in Nairobi arrested her, put her in a women's cell and instructed her to take off her clothes.
Mumbi said the violation was because of Kenyan identification laws. After stripping and presenting her documentation, she was released.
Kenyan police force bearded woman to strip and 'prove' gender
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A Kenyan woman, who has a beard due to a hormonal imbalance, was forced to strip naked in police custody to confirm her gender, BBC Swahili reports.
Theresia Mumbi, a bus conductor and activist, said that traffic police in Nairobi arrested her, put her in a women's cell and instructed her to take off her clothes.
Mumbi said the violation was because of Kenyan identification laws. After stripping and presenting her documentation, she was released.
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