Contents:
- THE GAY KENYANS TRYG TO FIGHT HOMOPHOBIA OM THE SI
- KENYA'S FIRST GAY POLIL NDIDATE REVEALS WHY HE QU RACE
- ADVOCY GROUPS: ETHPIAN ERNMENT’S ANTI-GAY RHETORIC SPURS ONLE ATTACKS
- FIRST OPENLY GAY POLICIAN SEEKS SEAT KENYA’S NEW SENATE
THE GAY KENYANS TRYG TO FIGHT HOMOPHOBIA OM THE SI
In 2012, David Kuria gaed global attentn by clarg that he is gay.
KENYA'S FIRST GAY POLIL NDIDATE REVEALS WHY HE QU RACE
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.
ADVOCY GROUPS: ETHPIAN ERNMENT’S ANTI-GAY RHETORIC SPURS ONLE ATTACKS
“Homosexualy is still illegal unr the untry’s nstutn. “I want to [work to] legalize homosexualy through the legislative procs, ” he says.
FIRST OPENLY GAY POLICIAN SEEKS SEAT KENYA’S NEW SENATE
Unr current laws, sodomy (or gay sex) is punishable by a prison sentence of 14 years. Hop that those laws would change were dashed back May 2019, when the Supreme Court of Kenya led agast jog other Ain natns crimalizg homosexualy.