Dpe the victory for LGBT activists, the Supreme Court strs that gay sex remas illegal.
Contents:
- WHAT IS EVERYDAY GAY AND LBIAN LIFE LIKE KENYA?
- GAY DATG NAIROBI AREA
- LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
- IS KENYA ABOUT TO FOLLOW UGANDA WH STRICT ANTI-GAY LEGISLATN?
WHAT IS EVERYDAY GAY AND LBIAN LIFE LIKE KENYA?
The Kenyan penal crimaliz homosexual behavr wh up to 14 years imprisonment. A 2007 study found that 96 percent of the Kenyan populatn oppos homosexualy. So we asked: what is gay and lbian life actually like for the average Kenyan livg Nairobi? * kenya gay club *
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. '"Akyi nsirs herself lucky to live as an openly gay woman. She says, "Beg gay this untry isn't exactly easy.
GAY DATG NAIROBI AREA
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"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. "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.
LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
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The GALCK office remas open as a safe place for people to e read about gay topics, ga support om unselors, and hang out. Y is still illegal to be openly gay Kenya, but is creasgly tolerated.
Please you needn’t worry bee gay people equently vis Kenya whout any problem. 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.
IS KENYA ABOUT TO FOLLOW UGANDA WH STRICT ANTI-GAY LEGISLATN?
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..
Great you are workg wh a Gay Society there. Y, Nairobi has a vibrant LGBT scene wh gay bars and clubs. Image source, Getty ImagKenyan thori were wrong to ban the gay muny om registerg a rights anisatn, the untry's Supreme Court has at the same time strsed that gay sex remas judg led three-to-two that the untry's NGO board was wrong to stop the Natnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn (NGLHRC) om registerg Kenya's hight urt, the Supreme Court's lg nnot be their judgment, the judg led 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".
Neverthels, the lg is bter-sweet for Kenya's gay muny. Laws which were troduced unr Brish lonial le mean that is crimal to have sex that "is agast the orr of nature", which n rult up to 14 years May 2019, Kenya's high urt rejected an attempt to overturn the 's judgement ends a 10-year legal battle which began 2013 when Eric Gari, the former executive director of the NGLHRC, challenged the head of Kenya NGO Coordatn Board's refal to perm him to apply to register an NGO unr a name ntag the words gay or lbian.