Kenya: Queerphobia in Kenya - a Supreme Court Ruling On Gay Rights Triggers a New Wave of Anger Against the LGBTIQ+ Community

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Supreme Court Ruling On Gay Rights Triggers a New Wave of Anger Against the LGBTIQ+ Community TC_Africa: Kenya

Based on your research, what have you learnt about what it's like for LGBTIQ+ people in Kenya?

Over our nine years of research into queer experiences, we've worked closely with grassroots LGBTIQ+ organisations and activists. We are continuously in touch with queer activists, who we speak with as part of our ongoing engagement with and support for queer self-led organisations in Kenya. They have told us that the recent supreme court decision was a step towards decriminalising same-sex sexual acts and was cause for celebration.targeting organisations, activists and citizens.

It is more dangerous now. Our friends are evicted . Some have been beaten in the streets. In WhatsApp groups with family or work, people write anti-queer things, and you need to stay silent not to out yourself. You can lose everything if you are found out.In the WhatsApp group with parents from school, parents write how to warn our children recruitment by LGBTIQ+ people, and I am in that app. I can't say anything because it will harm my son.

 

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