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?
Contents:
- ‘THE SKY DON’T LLAPSE.’ A FILMMAKER EXPLOR GAY LIFE KENYA.
- WHAT IS EVERYDAY GAY AND LBIAN LIFE LIKE KENYA?
‘THE SKY DON’T LLAPSE.’ A FILMMAKER EXPLOR GAY LIFE KENYA.
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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.
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.
WHAT IS EVERYDAY GAY AND LBIAN LIFE LIKE KENYA?
Pastor David Ochar of Cosmopolan Affirmg Communy me out as gay. 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 .
I always knew I was gay, right now I am a mted relatnship wh my partner of six years though we don’t live together.
There is still a great al of rentment of gay people. Brendah Jons – Famoly known as ‘Mama Kgston’, Brendah Jons me out to her fans as a gay woman last year after she publicly revealed tails of her relatnship wh her former partner. Although he has been cricized onle for his sexual orientatn, he is proudly gay.