The recent approval of an anti-gay law Uganda has spread fear neighbourg Kenya's LGBTQ muny
Contents:
- KILLG OF LGBTQ+ ACTIVIST PROMPTS OUTCRY OVER ANTI-GAY ATTACKS KENYA
- THE GAY KENYANS TRYG TO FIGHT HOMOPHOBIA OM THE SI
KILLG OF LGBTQ+ ACTIVIST PROMPTS OUTCRY OVER ANTI-GAY ATTACKS KENYA
Homosexualy is taboo Kenya and across much of Ai and gay people often face discrimatn or persecutn.
Attempts to overturn Brish lonial-era laws banng homosexualy Kenya have proven unsuccsful, and gay sex remas a punishable crime wh penalti that clu imprisonment of up to 14 years. The recent approval of anti-gay legislatn Uganda set off the alarm neighbourg Kenya also the grip of anti-gay sentiment. In Kenya, gay sex remas a crime unr lonial-era laws wh penalti cludg prison terms of up to 14 years.
It's bee my visors are my lbian and gay iends. Last year, the KFCB also banned the documentary "I am Samuel, " a storyle about a gay Kenyan man. ›'I Am Samuel' Is the Story of a Gay Kenyan Man Stgglg to...
THE GAY KENYANS TRYG TO FIGHT HOMOPHOBIA OM THE SI
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If elected, the 40-year-old would have bee the first Ain gay polician (outsi of South Ai) and Kenya’s first openly gay elected official—a feat a untry where gay sex remas a felony crime punishable by imprisonment. Acrdg to the Gay and Lbian Coaln of Kenya (GALK), formed December 2012, many of s members have exprsed tert nng for polil seats.
“Homosexualy is still illegal unr the untry’s nstutn. “I want to [work to] legalize homosexualy through the legislative procs, ” he says.