As I stood waiting for the sun to rise over the Great Rift Valley and the climax of Shadrack’s passage to manhood ... regardless of the sex ticked on a birth certificate.

Your daughter is wearing bracelets and earrings you don't recognize or buying expensive gifts for friends. Your son's CD collection has suddenly grown. Or worse, you pick up the phone one day to ...

The Sacred Thread ceremony is a ceremony for boys in some Hindu communities to confirm they are of an age to take on religious responsibility. Girls are sometimes honoured in the same way, but it ...