Kenyan gospel artiste out as gay

Contents:

• STI SOL SGER CHIMANO HAILED KENYA FOR G OUT AS GAY
• SHOCK AS POPULAR KENYAN MUSICIAN COMES OUT AS GAY
• KENYAN GOSPEL ARTISTE OUT AS GAY
• BAN ON SEXY MIC VIO RAIS GAY RIGHTS MPAIGN PROFILE KENYA
• KENYA GAY SEX BAN UPHELD BY HIGH COURT NAIROBI DISAPPOTMENT FOR AI'S LGBTQ RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
• ‘THE SKY DON’T LLAPSE.’ A FILMMAKER EXPLOR GAY LIFE KENYA.

STI SOL SGER CHIMANO HAILED KENYA FOR G OUT AS GAY

The gay sger further lled on fellow homosexuals to be ntented wh their te sexualy and fight off societal stigma when he was asked what advice he would give someone his suatn. Kenyan celebri and personali who are Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, asexual, pansexual and kks (LGBTIQIAPK) have the past few years been bold enough to e out.

The father of one says he always knew he was gay, he told the Nairobian, “I always knew I was attracted to men but I thought was a gay phase and I would outgrow .

Kenyan gospel mician MCK Official has left tongu waggg after g out to reveal he is sger, famed for his jam Mpe Muda said he was proud to be associated wh homosexualy and ready to fight for his ALSO: Harmonize’s weddg: Unseen photos om the ceremonyMCK said he is passnate about fightg for the rights of gay after his iends were huiated at a Nairobi Mall. Acrdg to the sger, is que hypocril for Christians to claim they love each other yet they n not tolerate homosexuals and they would even chase them om church, which is ntrary to God's teachgs. Photo: MCK OfficialSource: FacebookREAD ALSO: Khaligraph Jon' ex-lover Miss Cashy unveils son's face on his 1st birthday The mician went ahead to reveal that he cid to e out and also try and fight for the rights of gay people bee is high time people hold the nversatn.

SHOCK AS POPULAR KENYAN MUSICIAN COMES OUT AS GAY

If has to start om me then, I will do , '' he revealed that there are many good gay people out there who have been forced to live a lie by marryg women and havg fai for fear of g out and gettg urged people to stop discrimatg homosexuals. Photo: MCK OfficialSource: FacebookREAD ALSO: Murkomen: Raila anatumia handisheki kuwafagia mahasimu wake kama tsunami The gospel star held people should stop discrimatg agast gay is not yet clear if ed MCK is gay or he is jt chasg clout but untls photos on his Instagram acunt left more qutns than sger's revelatn me barely a week after a Rwanse gospel star Albert Nabonibo revealed he was sger said he knew his cisn to e out will brg him trouble but he went on Bible is agast homosexualy and many Christians own upon the act which is labelled among some of the most sacrileg ss. NAIROBI, March 10 (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - Kenya’s first gay mic vio - swiftly banned by the untry’s film board - shows a well-toned young man, naked apart om his unrpants, leang over his tattooed male lover pretty young women exchange kiss on a park bench, one puttg a rg on the other’s weddg fger, as the volist sgs: “I n’t change, even if I tried, even if I wanted to.

A remix by Kenyan rap artist Art Attack set out to provoke siar bate the nservative East Ain natn, where homosexual acts are punishable by up to 14 years jail. “The vio currently circulatg on YouTube nsists of lyrics that strongly advote for gay rights Kenya, plete wh graphic sexual scen between people of the same genr, as well as pictn of nudy and pornography, ” the board’s chief executive, Ezekiel Mutua, told a news vio remas onle and has been watched on YouTube more than 120, 000 tim three hashtag #KenyanGayVio has been trendg on Twter, some people sayg homosexuals should be beaten to ath while others lled for tolerance.

KENYAN GOSPEL ARTISTE OUT AS GAY

INTERNET CAMPAIGNWhile the ter has raised the visibily of lbians and gays and ma easier for them to nnect, Art Attack is one of the first Kenyans to e to mpaign for Lbian Gay Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) lyrics ll for “a sex rights movement”, while the vio terspers romantic scen wh newspaper headl such as “Homos are filthy”. Homosexualy is taboo across Ai - only South Ai perms gay or lbian marriage - and the persecutn of gay people is rife, wh relig lears often cg mob vlence agast Deputy Print William Ruto said 2015 there was “no room” for gays vio also clus photos of wrer Byavanga Waaa, one of the few openly gay Kenyans, Ugandan lbian activist Kasha Nabagera and South Ai’s late bisexual sger Brenda Fassie.

“Somebody has to stand and speak agast what is gog on, ” said Gee Barasa, a gay rights activist who featur the actor re-enacts Barasa’s teenage suici attempt the vio, llapsg on the floor bi a note sayg: “Wish I wasn’t born this way”. ENCOURAGE ART AS ADVOCACYThe e of art is an novative form of advocy that should be enuraged, said Anthony Oluoch, executive director of Gay Kenya Tst. ”Kenya’s film board is well known for s also banned the award-wng 2014 film ‘Stori of Our Liv’, which dramatis the liv of gays and lbians Kenya, and the erotic 2015 film ‘Fifty Shas of Grey’ board threatened to ban the streamg service Netflix January, sayg threatened Kenya’s moral valu and natnal secury.

Members of LGBT muny Kenya are still stigmatized, recently Kenyans trolled down Bishop Allan and Reverend Kathy Kiuna after they hosted popular CNN anchor Richard Qut, who is openly gay at their church. Kenyans celebrated mician Eric Waaa has ankly exprsed his view on homosexualy while liverg a keynote addrs at the Ai Conference For Collaboratns, Exchange and Shows last week. Recently the LGBT muny had a battle Kenya’s urts to throw out a Brish lonial-era law crimalizg gay sex has been revigorated after India scrapped siar legislatn a landmark lg.

BAN ON SEXY MIC VIO RAIS GAY RIGHTS MPAIGN PROFILE KENYA

The judg' unanimo lg on Friday disappoted Kenya's vibrant gay muny, as many had hoped the urt would make history by scrappg the lonial-era laws.

Activists argue that the laws crimalizg nsensual same-sex relatns between adults are breach of the nstutn bee they ny basic laws prcribe up to 14 years prison for people nvicted of homosexual backtracks on gay sex ath penalty amid global outcry"Kenya's High Court has relegated people same-sex relatnships Kenya to send-class cizenship, based on the absurd claim that the penal is not discrimatory, " Neela Ghoshal, senr LGBT rights rearcher at Human Rights Watch (HRW), said a statement released by the group on Friday.

"Kenya has missed an opportuny to take a clear stance agast discrimatn, " HRW quoted Njeri Gate, director of the Natnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn, as sayg. " Acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn's 2019 roundup, nsensual same-sex sex acts are still officially or unofficially crimalized 70 U. The lg on Friday will rerce perceptns of Kenya's urts as beg nservative on issu of sexualy, but other recent lgs favor of LGBT rights had brought activists a gree of hope before the High Court bans Cann-bound film over "lbianism"Last year, an appeals urt led unlawful the e of forced anal exams to tt whether two men had gay sex.

KENYA GAY SEX BAN UPHELD BY HIGH COURT NAIROBI DISAPPOTMENT FOR AI'S LGBTQ RIGHTS ACTIVISTS

In 2015, High Court judg orred a ernment agency to register a human rights group reprentg the untry's gay people, sayg Kenya's nstutn regniz and protects the rights of mori. Dpe s laws, the untry is a haven for LGBT refuge East and Central Ai wh a vibrant social movement and growg ernment tert the health of gay people, he official says "crazy gay" lns should be isolatedBut negative stereotyp persist, cludg the wrong beliefs that all LGBT people are sex workers and all gay men have HIV, Gari said.

‘THE SKY DON’T LLAPSE.’ A FILMMAKER EXPLOR GAY LIFE KENYA.

At least half of the LGBT people Kenya have suffered physil and verbal asslt, acrdg to a survey by the Natnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn.

"I lost my fay and my iends"For 28-year-old gay rights activist and gospel sger Joji Baro, the memori of discrimatn, physil attacks, arbrary arrts and beg disowned by fay for g out are still too h, and he said that even if the urt had led to lift the ban, he wouldn't have gone home. "Due to my sexualy, I lost my fay and my iends, " he told The Associated Prs on Thursday om his current home South Ai, where he said he has found "safer ground" for advocy said he wouldn't feel safe returng home even if gay sex was crimalized, as thgs don't change overnight. The memori are still h: beg punished as a child for "actg like a girl, " beg kicked out of his home his teens, facg physil attacks and the threat of arrt after lnchg a gay mic vio.