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?
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WHAT IS EVERYDAY GAY AND LBIAN LIFE LIKE KENYA?
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It is the culmatn of a -long legal battle, and a victory for the LGBTQ+ a majory cisn, the urt led that the non-ernmental ordatn board was discrimatory and ged on the muny’s nstutnal right to associatn by refg to register any of six nam proposed by the muny’s reprentativ, among them the Natnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn and the Gay and Lbian Human Rights ernment body had said that permtg registratn would ntravene sectns of the untry’s penal that crimalise gay and lbian unns, cludg a Brish lonial law layg down a 14-year sentence for anyone nvicted of homosexual acts. “There may be many people who are stgglg wh different kds of sexual sir but they have not gone to urt for the whole natn to regnise them, ” stat the church, which has a large followg Kenya’s urban Kenyan church lked the urt’s lg to the recent cisn by the Church of England to wele same-sex upl “unrervedly and joyfully” Kaluma, an MP allied to the opposn, vowed to table a bill parliament to prohib homosexualy and impose stiffer penalti, cludg life prison, for those engaged same sex lg will be a btersweet victory for the LGBTQ+ muny Kenya, whose members have been subject to harassment, excln and vlence. A study nducted by the Natnal Aids and STI Control Council (Nasp) unvered a high number of homosexual men Kenya who had otherwise remaed hidn.
Acrdg to the survey, the three unti wh the high prevalence rate for HIV/AIDS also hosts to over 17, 000 unrver gay men. Nairobi unty acunts for 11, 000 members of the gay muny, Kiambu unty was found to have 3, 635 and was closely followed by Kisumu wh 1, 567 s and Mombasa wh 1, 469. Combed, the unti host 17, 672 of the timated 19, 175 gay men the untry - monly referred to as men who have sex wh men (MSM).
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Rearchers also found that members of the gay muny Kenya preferred to transact through onle works. By CountryBy Year FoundA list of LGBT anizatns and groups and Lbian Coaln of Kenya (GALCK) The Gay and Lbian Coaln of Kenya (GALCK) is foced on promotg regnn, acceptance and fend the terts and rights of LGBTI anizatns and their members…Ishtar MSMIshtar MSM is a Communy Based Organizatn Kenya who aimed at attag full sexual health rights and social well beg for Men who have sex wh men (MSM) Kenya. 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.
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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.