A Brief Polil—and Personal—History of Gay Bathho ‹ Lerary Hub

Contents:

• GAY DATG NAIROBI AREA
• THE GAY MEN PROJECT
• 30 INFAMO POLICE RAIDS OF GAY BARS AND BATHHO
• MY NIGHT A GAY BATHHOE
• A BRIEF POLIL—AND PERSONAL—HISTORY OF GAY BATHHO
• I SPENT A NIGHT ONE OF PORTLAND’S LAST GAY BATHHO

GAY DATG NAIROBI AREA

Y is still illegal to be openly gay Kenya, but is creasgly tolerated.

THE GAY MEN PROJECT

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.

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.

30 INFAMO POLICE RAIDS OF GAY BARS AND BATHHO

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.

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.

MY NIGHT A GAY BATHHOE

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).

They don’t even have evince, they jt assume that you might be gay. (People thk) You have traveled out of the untry, that is why you have brought (beg gay) to this untry. As we all know, South Ai at least (beg gay) is legal there, but we thought once South Ai legalized other untri would start replitg that.

A BRIEF POLIL—AND PERSONAL—HISTORY OF GAY BATHHO

We found out they wanted even stronger laws that will crimalize homosexual acts, so ’s really difficult. So when we start talkg about health issu, people know that if affects gay people might also affect the heterosexual muny.

The biggt health issue for gay men is if you are sick as related to how you have sex to another man, there is a lot of stigma wh the health re provirs. So we are tryg to bridge the gap and tryg to help that scenar and tryg to e up wh health promotn that says (gay men) are even more vulnerable, bee we don’t see that today. (The gay muny Nairobi) is thrivg and ’s diverse bee we fd that a culture of Nairobi is that people don’t re what you do.

I SPENT A NIGHT ONE OF PORTLAND’S LAST GAY BATHHO

And that has ma gay people live better Nairobi, people n live eely Nairobi.