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?
Y is still illegal to be openly gay Kenya, but is creasgly tolerated. 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.
GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS NAIROBI
Y, Nairobi has a vibrant LGBT scene wh gay bars and clubs. 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.