Equalx is a llaborative knowledge base for the LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr) movement, visualizg LGBTQ+ rights through maps, timel, and data.
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* kenyan gay groups *
By CountryBy Year FoundA list of LGBT anizatns and groups and Lbian Coaln of Kenya (GALCK) The Gay and Lbian Coaln of Kenya (GALCK) is foced on promotg regnn, acceptance and fend the terts and rights of LGBTI anizatns and their members…Ishtar MSMIshtar MSM is a Communy Based Organizatn Kenya who aimed at attag full sexual health rights and social well beg for Men who have sex wh men (MSM) Kenya. It is the culmatn of a -long legal battle, and a victory for the LGBTQ+ muny.In a majory cisn, the urt led that the non-ernmental ordatn board was discrimatory and ged on the muny’s nstutnal right to associatn by refg to register any of six nam proposed by the muny’s reprentativ, among them the Natnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn and the Gay and Lbian Human Rights Council.The ernment body had said that permtg registratn would ntravene sectns of the untry’s penal that crimalise gay and lbian unns, cludg a Brish lonial law layg down a 14-year sentence for anyone nvicted of homosexual acts.“The urt was of the view that the [ernment’s] cisn was discrimatory and that would be unnstutnal to lim the right to associate, through nial of registratn of an associatn, purely on the basis of the sexual orientatn of the applints,” stat the lg.It add: “Human rights are herent and held simply bee of beg a human.
A media statement by Calisto O, pridg bishop at the Christ is the Answer Mistri, said the lg uld emboln “other illegal practners like paedophil and those volved ct” to also have the right of associatn.“There may be many people who are stgglg wh different kds of sexual sir but they have not gone to urt for the whole natn to regnise them,” stat the church, which has a large followg Kenya’s urban areas.The Kenyan church lked the urt’s lg to the recent cisn by the Church of England to wele same-sex upl “unrervedly and joyfully”.Peter Kaluma, an MP allied to the opposn, vowed to table a bill parliament to prohib homosexualy and impose stiffer penalti, cludg life prison, for those engaged same sex liaisons.The lg will be a btersweet victory for the LGBTQ+ muny Kenya, whose members have been subject to harassment, excln and vlence. ”Rearch suggts acceptance of homosexualy is gradually creasg Kenya, but remas a taboo subject for many. The untry’s film board has banned two films for their portrayals of gay liv recent Natnal Police Service spokperson Rila Onyango said she would ment at a later time.