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Family seeks help for intersex child kicked out of school

A family is in a dilemma after their child was kicked out of school for having both male and female sex organs.

According to the step-father, the child was born on April 25, 2007. A health card issued at the hospital indicated the child was male. "But we have now changed to a girl’s name following a doctor’s advice,” he said, showing a medical report from the county referral hospital dated March 18, 2013, where the child was examined and found to have both sex organs.

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