'We live fear,' say gays Kenya

Contents:

• GAY DATG NAIROBI AREA
• LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
• KENYA GAY TRAVEL
• GAY KENYANS SENSE THEY MAY BE ON THE BRK OF A HISTORIC LEGAL TRIUMPH
• NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER
• KENYAN GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST IS KILLED

GAY DATG NAIROBI AREA

Image source, Getty ImagIn the latt sign of risg homophobia different Ain untri, a Kenyan opposn MP is leadg a mpaign for parliament to further crimalise the untry's small LGBTQ muny. Gee Peter Kaluma's move after neighbourg Uganda adopted a tough new anti-gay law, rejectg threats by US Print Joe Bin to impose sanctns and travel rtrictns on "anyone volved ser human rights ab". "We want to prohib everythg to do wh homosexualy, " Mr Kaluma tells me, addg that his bill will be much broar than the legislatn passed by Uganda's parliament and approved by Print Yoweri Meveni May.

LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?

The Ugandan law is regard as one of the harsht anti-LGBTQ laws the propos life imprisonment for anyone nvicted of homosexualy, and the ath penalty for so-lled aggravated s, which clu havg gay sex wh someone below the age of 18 or where someone be fected wh a life-long illns such as the other si of the ntent, MPs Ghana earlier this month unanimoly voted favour of amendments to the untry's anti-gay legislatn, phg closer to beg enacted to law.

Though ls harsh than Uganda's new law, the Promotn of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu Bill propos a three-year prison sentence for anyone who intifi as LGBTQ and a 10-year sentence for anyone who promot homosexualy. "The bill will propose a total ban on what the Wt lls sex-reassignment prcriptns and procr, and prohib all activi that promote homosexualy, terms of... Gay paras, drag shows, wearg the lours, the flags, the emblems of the LGBTQ group, " Mr Kaluma says.

KENYA GAY TRAVEL

Gay sex is already illegal Kenya, but the ernment n also be tolerant of gay people - for example, has given asylum to people om other Ain untri, cludg Uganda, who faced persecutn their home untri bee of their sexual orientatn. Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Many Kenyans believe that gay rights are agast their relign - whether Christian or MlimAlthough the meetg Uganda was billed as an attempt to protect the "sovereignty" of Ain stat, was actually -sponsored by an Amerin Christian right-wg anisatn, Fay Watch Internatnal (FWI) Kapya Kaoma, a Zambian prit the Anglin Church and an amic at Boston Universy the US, says Ain untri are beg targeted by FWI and siar US-based anisatns, and that the impact of s lobbyg has been "horrible and humane" parts of Ai, fuellg what he lls "ant homophobia". "It is one thg to say: 'I don't agree wh you beg gay', but we didn't have the ant one, where policians now are sayg: 'You go to jail for life, you go to jail for talkg about beg gay, you go to jail bee you're livg wh your fellow woman', " Dr Kaoma says.

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

FWI's Mormon founr Sharon Slater ni that the group promot anti-gay laws Ai. She c a Uned Natns Populatn Fund (UNFPA) manual for out-of-school youths east and southern Ai, sayg promot homosexualy and is too explic. "It sensis children to sex, " she Slater also quot om the manual, cludg l which say that facilators of lsons should have "a ntral, acceptg attu towards homosexualy".

Discrimatn agast LGBTQ people is mon Kenya, which still has a 14-year jail term for gay police have disvered the body of proment LGBTQ rights mpaigner Edw Chiloba stuffed si a metal box the wt of the untry, acrdg to lol media sourc. Edw Chiloba was a fighter, fightg relentlsly to change the hearts and mds of society when me to LGBTQ+ liv, ” GALCK+, a Kenyan gay rights group, said on Twter.

Unr a Brish lonial-era law, gay sex Kenya is punishable by 14 years prison. Rearch suggts acceptance of homosexualy is gradually creasg Kenya, but remas a taboo subject for many. The untry’s film board has banned two films for their portrayals of gay liv recent years.

NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER

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 once profilic news anchor Louis Otieno has a son, Silas Miami who is gay.

The late award-wng and profilic wrer Byavanga Waaa was openly gay. He me out 2014 when there were a flurry of attacks on the gay muny several parts of Ai. He wrote a memoir tled, “I am a Homosexual, Mum” and then went on to tweet, “I am, for anybody nfed or doubt, a homosexual.

KENYAN GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST IS KILLED

Noti released a mic vio, Same Love, support of the gay muny, which received backlash and got banned by KFCB boss Ezekiel Mutua. He was one of the first openly gay personali Kenya.