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Contents:

• GAY DATG NAIROBI AREA
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS NAIROBI
• WHAT IS EVERYDAY GAY AND LBIAN LIFE LIKE KENYA?
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN VATNS AI AND THE MIDDLE EAST
• KENYA GAY TRAVEL
• SEARCHG FOR LOVE WHERE BEG GAY IS A CRIME
• GAY KENYANS SENSE THEY MAY BE ON THE BRK OF A HISTORIC LEGAL TRIUMPH

GAY DATG NAIROBI AREA

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GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS NAIROBI

I have never heard of any harassment of gay people all the years that I have been livg here. Couple of my gay male iends vised Kenya wh no problems whatsoever. It's the same for straight and gay folk.

There are gay clubs Nairobi (PM me for tails if you need to know). Jt be reful talkg about any gay issu, gay rights etc..

WHAT IS EVERYDAY GAY AND LBIAN LIFE LIKE KENYA?

Great you are workg wh a Gay Society there. Y, Nairobi has a vibrant LGBT scene wh gay bars and clubs. In our worldwi search for Out & Around: Stori om a Not-So-Straight Journey, we travelled to Kenya to explore everyday life for gays and November 2010 the Kenyan prime mister nmned homosexualy, sayg, "If found, the homosexuals should be arrted and taken to relevant thori.

" Unr ternatnal prsure, he retracted his statements days later, sayg he only meant that same-sex marriag are illegal Kenyan penal crimaliz homosexual behavr wh up to 14 years imprisonment.

A 2007 study found that 96 percent of the Kenyan populatn oppos we asked: what is gay and lbian life actually like for the average Kenyan livg Nairobi? We first meet wh Akyi Ocholla, a lbian om Nairobi who works for Mory Women Actn and is a member of the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Associatn. "Complitg matters, of urse, is the strong religly based homophobia East Ai.

5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)

'"Akyi nsirs herself lucky to live as an openly gay woman.

She says, "Beg gay this untry isn't exactly easy. "To get a gay male perspective, we met wh Solomon Wambua, Programs Officer of the Gay and Lbian Coaln of Kenya (GALCK), the untry's largt LGBT anizatn.

" As of today, Solomon's extend fay still do not know about his sexual Solomon choos to work at GALCK spe his own ncern about whether or not he n fd employment aga after associatg wh a gay anizatn. In a untry where homosexual acts are illegal, there are, of urse, no anti-discrimatn laws protectg sexual orientatn. He says, "People thk when you are gay you are a pedophilia or m sodomy.

TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN VATNS AI AND THE MIDDLE EAST

"When I asked Solomon about the number of gays rcerated due to this penal , he says, "Up to date, no se has been nvicted of the penal leadg to actual rceratn. It is ed to discrimate and put lbians and gays down. While there are no pri paras or openly gay clubs, Solomon aniz muny events such as World AIDS Day and the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia.

KENYA GAY TRAVEL

The GALCK office remas open as a safe place for people to e read about gay topics, ga support om unselors, and hang out.

Kenton PriceFebary 5, 2016Fally Nairobi has a full on no apologi gay club. Dependg on where they’re head, gay travelers n face great risks.

SEARCHG FOR LOVE WHERE BEG GAY IS A CRIME

Acrdg to Equalx, a range of gay activi are illegal 71 untri. In an attempt to help terme the worst plac for gay travelers, the duo created the 2019 LGBTQ+ Danger Inx, rankg the world’s most dangero—and saft—untri for gay travelers. The uple also updated the list wh the bt and worst plac for gay travelers 2021, which n be viewed here.

A new report tails the most dangero—and saft—plac for gay. The journalists looked at the top 150 most-vised untri the world by the number of g tourists, then ranked them g eight factors, cludg laws agast gay relatnships, legal protectn agast discrimatn and more. Toppg the LGBTQ+ Danger Inx is Nigeria, which is nsired the worst untry for vlence agast gay travelers.

There, people n be put prison for up to 14 years jt for beg gay, and some stat even have the ath penalty unr Sharia law. In almost all s, the laws outlawg nsensual gay sex were put to place unr Brish le and were left place followg pennce. “In 2018, India managed to annul Sectn 377, a Brish lonial-era law prohibg ‘unnatural acts, ’ orr to legalize nsensual gay sex, ” says Fergson, who pots out that ancient Indian lerature such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana have many referenc to LGBTQ+ hero cludg transgenr warrrs and two queens who ma love orr for one queen to get pregnant wh an heir for their kgdom.

GAY KENYANS SENSE THEY MAY BE ON THE BRK OF A HISTORIC LEGAL TRIUMPH

“Long story short, this pots to the fact that was likely the Brish fluence that largely led to Indian homophobia the first place, ” she says.

“We found this to be a b ironic as the reason for many of the harsh homophobic laws untri throughout the world is largely leftover om laws created durg Brish le, ” says Fergson. Has ma great progrs wh legalized same-sex marriage, worker protectns and crimalizatn of homophobic vlence.