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Contents:
- LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
- TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN VATNS AI AND THE MIDDLE EAST
- WHERE IS IT ILLEGAL TO BE GAY AI?
LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
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And Augt, lawmakers proposed a bill (still unr review) so extreme that simply sayg you are gay or lbian uld land you mandatory nversn therapy or prison for up to 10 years. Same-sex nduct is not illegal Rwanda, but thori there round up and arbrarily taed people regard as socially unsirable, cludg over a dozen gay and transgenr people, sex workers, street children, and others the months before a planned June 2021 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetg. But when he went home to Nigeria for the holidays as a teenager, a prits performed several forced exorcisms to "wash the 'gay vil' out, " he reunts now the preface for his new book, Limls Ains.
TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN VATNS AI AND THE MIDDLE EAST
Her fay accepts her sexualy, which Owunna says challeng the assumptn that all Ain fai are homophobic or would reject their children for beg LGBTQ. There are untri – such as Nigeria, Mrania, Sudan, and Somalia – that impose bans, lengthy jail terms, ostracism, or a ath penalty on anyone displayg same-sex affectn and lbian, gay or transgenr inty or existence.
This impos the ath penalty, life imprisonment or between 10 and 20 years prison for “attempted homosexualy” and “promotn of homosexualy”. It has been noted that US Christian fundamentalists have been behd anti-homosexualy bills wt Ain untri, unr the guise of protectg the fay. "There weren't any queer reprentatns around me growg up, and ma me feel alone; I was nvced I was gog to hell when I nnected my feelgs to the anti-homosexual teachgs the Bible, " Kiki says.
WHERE IS IT ILLEGAL TO BE GAY AI?
Uganda is a untry loted East Ai, and the muny has been h wh humane anti-LGBTQ+ laws – members of the LGBTQ +muny who are nvicted of “aggravated homosexualy” are subjected to the ath penalty.
The 28 year-old is the founr of KAKYOPROJECT, a safe space for queer the anti-gay laws were put place, Kakyo grew up as a cur and open-md thker immersg herself arts and crafts, which fueled her sire for a project like KAKYOPROJECT. Image source, Getty ImagIn the latt sign of risg homophobia different Ain untri, a Kenyan opposn MP is leadg a mpaign for parliament to further crimalise the untry's small LGBTQ muny.