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Contents:
- KENYA'S FIRST GAY HEALTH CLIC PROVIS CARE WHOUT THE JUDGMENT
- THE GAY MEN PROJECT
- NAIROBI’S VERY OWN GAY CLIC WH A SURPRISING NUMBER OF PATIENTS
- KENYA'S FIRST GAY CLIC
KENYA'S FIRST GAY HEALTH CLIC PROVIS CARE WHOUT THE JUDGMENT
Ishtar is a health re clic Nairobi, Kenya, that is n by and for gay men. * gay clinics in nairobi *
Ishtar also has the distctn of beg the first health re clic Kenya n by gay men that serv a populatn primarily of gay men.
”Njane saw a need for a clic where gay and queer men Nairobi uld e for servic whout the fear of judgment, and 2014 after receivg fundg, Njane was able to turn Ishtar to the type of clic that he wanted to be.
Staffed by gay men and members of the muny, Ishtar provis a host of preventive servic, cludg health tn, HIV unselg and ttg, screeng and treatment for sexually transmted fectns, and advice and open fom discsns. ”Njane shared the story of a gay Ugandan man who me to the clic after beg sick for more than a year.
THE GAY MEN PROJECT
Specifilly, the anizatn is tryg to strategize the bt way to follow up wh members to ensure that when a member is sent to a referral that treatment is ed Njane ns the health clic for gay Tong“We have been able to reach 4, 200 members sce we started 2005. photo by Kev Tongphoto by Kev Tongphoto by Kev Tongphoto by Kev Tongphoto by Kev Tongphoto by Kev TongBrian, his own words: “In a few words (beg gay) is liberatg, beg my own self, spirg,.
Challeng, livg wh limed means, livg society largely homophobic and nservative, low self-teem which perpetually broke my spir. (The gay muny Nairobi is) a muny of diverse and brilliant men and women wh a big, lovg and strong heart, achievg succs agast all odds.
NAIROBI’S VERY OWN GAY CLIC WH A SURPRISING NUMBER OF PATIENTS
I n say that is is unlike five years ago, where you would not fd an exclively openly gay clic.
It ed to be hard before, but is still not easy bee when you have a stand alone clic people fear that you might also out them–if they’re found attendg the clic, people will know they are gay. (Wh) the penal you n be arrted if you are assumed gay.
KENYA'S FIRST GAY CLIC
And (one) might be discrimated on health, or gog to school–we have seen people kicked out of their ho by landowners or neighbors thkg that (you are gay).