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Added on: 12/17/2024

Kenyan gets 50 years for murder of LGBTQ+ activist

12/16/2024

Kenyan photographer Jacktone Odhiambo has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for murdering his housemate, LGBTQ+ activist Edwin Kiprotich Kipruto, popularly known as Edwin Chiloba, nearly…

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Added on: 12/16/2024

Jackton Odhiambo to be sentenced for murder of LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba

12/16/2024

The High Court in Eldoret is on Monday set to sentence Jacktone Odhiambo, a freelance photographer over the murder of his alleged lover and LGBTQ rights activist…

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Added on: 12/12/2024

Kenya blocks LGBTQ+ refugees from resettling in Canada

12/11/2024

In a low-income neighbourhood on the outskirts of Nairobi, seven people gather in an air-conditioned home around a dinner table for a Ugandan stew of matoke bananas…

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Added on: 12/08/2024

LGBTQ+ refugees languish as Kenyan government blocks Canadians from resettling them

12/07/2024

In a low-income neighbourhood on the outskirts of Nairobi, seven people gather in an air-conditioned home around a dinner table for a Ugandan stew of matoke bananas…

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Added on: 12/06/2024

Guilty ruling in murder of Kenya LGBTQ activist

12/05/2024

Kenyan Justice Reuben Nyakundi ruled that the prosecution presented sufficient evidence to prove Jacktone Odhiambo’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in the murder of LGBTQ+ activist Edwin…

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Added on: 11/30/2024

‘To be seen, have unabashed fun and be liberated’: A Kenyan party celebrates queer joy

11/29/2024

Though he may not remember, the first time I met Ashton Laurence was backstage at a music showcase in Nairobi last December. He was touching up his…

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Added on: 11/29/2024

LGBTQ+ people in Mombasa recount anti-gay protests

11/28/2024

MOMBASA — Astraeus O’Levin is tired of strangers telling her they want to kill her. In 2015, as a transgender woman, she left the scrutiny of her family…

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Added on: 11/08/2024

U.S. anti-LGBTQ+ groups’ spending in Africa soars, report finds

11/06/2024

U.S. conservative groups have significantly increased spending in Africa amid a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation across the continent. The revelations were published by the Amsterdam-based Institute for Journalism…

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Added on: 10/15/2024

Gay doctor’s ordeal: Struggle of queer professionals in Kenya

10/15/2024

Martin Nyambura, not his real name, is an accomplished medical doctor at a major hospital in Nairobi. He is also a gay man struggling for acceptance in…

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Added on: 10/08/2024

Hopes for LGBTQ+ asylum fade as Kenya snubs ‘those letters’

10/08/2024

The man in charge of processing hundreds of thousands of asylum applications in Kenya says sexual minorities have no special rights on his watch, heightening anxiety among…

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Added on: 09/23/2024

Painful experience of being an intersex in Kenya

09/22/2024

Imagine growing up in a body that does not fit the standard norm of a girl or a boy. You were born with ambiguous genitalia – neither…

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Added on: 09/18/2024

Kenyan Mercy Kamanja Calls for LGBTQ Awareness in Parenting

09/17/2024

Mercy Kamanja, a fervent advocate for Scotland’s independence and a champion against various forms of discrimination, has shared her insights on the challenges of raising children in…

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Added on: 09/13/2024

Kenyan and queer: how going public as gay and non-binary has led to a life of activism and optimism

09/12/2024

When Chris Muriithi (they/them) woke up to a stream of messages and missed calls one morning six years ago, their blood ran cold. Their foreboding grew into…

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Added on: 09/11/2024

Kenyan and queer: how going public as gay and non-binary has led to a life of activism and optimism

09/10/2024

When Chris Muriithi (they/them) woke up to a stream of messages and missed calls one morning six years ago, their blood ran cold. Their foreboding grew into…

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Added on: 08/29/2024

Ultra-conservative advocacy group pushing right-wing ideologies in Kenya

08/28/2024

A Supreme Court of Kenya ruling meant to reaffirm the rights of queer Kenyans as guaranteed in the Constitution was ironically used to unleash unbalanced, politically-motivated homophobia,…

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Added on: 06/07/2024

Discrimination persists against LGBTQ+ refugees – both at home and in host countries

06/06/2024

As countries around the globe mark Pride month, the plight of members of the LGBTQ+ community around the world continues to worsen. Gay, lesbian and trans people…

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Added on: 05/01/2024

Anti-LGBTQ+ Kenyans can no longer encourage others to kill queer people

04/30/2024

Kenyan anti-LGBTQ activists are now prohibited from calling for the murder of the country’s LGBTQ+ community, the country’s High Court ruled in an order. The order is…

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Added on: 04/25/2024

Legislating Identity: A Critical Analysis of the Anti-LGBT Bills in Kenya and Ghana

04/24/2024

Recent Afrobarometer survey data (Round 8, 2019-2021) paints a stark picture with 86% of Kenyans and 93% of Ghanaians expressing intolerance towards the LGBT community. This high level of…

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Added on: 04/06/2024

A Ugandan LGBTQ+ activist was stabbed and left for dead in the street. Now, he recounts his escape to Canada

04/05/2024

The scar on Steven Kabuye’s right arm runs over a foot long. At the base of his torso, a small puncture wound marks where a knife almost…

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Added on: 04/05/2024

Transgender People Lament Being Subjected To Bribery, Extortion By Police To Survive In Kenya

04/04/2024

Some transgender people living in Kenya have narrated how they had been victims of extortion and bribery by the country’s police force. The victims whose experiences were reported…

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Added on: 02/20/2024

‘We’re Going to Stand Up’: Queer Literature is Booming in Africa

02/18/2024

As a queer teenager growing up in northern Nigeria, Arinze Ifeakandu often found himself searching for books that reflected what he felt. He combed through the books…

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Added on: 01/26/2024

Kenyan health workers on alert over US funding for HIV/AIDS fight

01/22/2024

NAKURU, Kenya, Jan 22 (Openly) – When Minne Gachau’s husband died from AIDS-related complications in 2006, she was still in denial about being HIV-positive herself – too…

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Added on: 01/11/2024

Africa: 2023 saw weaponisation of laws against LGBTI persons

01/10/2024

In a new briefing looking at 12 African countries, Amnesty documented how legal systems were increasingly weaponised in the past year to systematically target and discriminate against…

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Added on: 12/24/2023

Killer of Kenyan lesbian sentenced to 30 years

12/23/2023

Confessed murderer Billington Wambui Mwathi on Dec. 22 was sentenced by a Kenyan court to 30 years’ imprisonment for the murder of Sheila Lumumba in April 2022….

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Added on: 12/22/2023

Africans differ over clerical blessings for same-sex couples

12/21/2023

Homosexuality is a controversial topic in Africa, a continent where many people have strong and very conservative views on sexual orientation. Pope Francis’ recent approval of blessings for same-sex couples…

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Added on: 12/18/2023

Secret Kenyan Church Opens Its Doors to LGBT Worshipers

12/17/2023

For the past ten years, there has been a clandestine church operating in Kenya. The church acknowledges Kenya as a nation deeply committed to its religious beliefs. Within…

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Added on: 12/17/2023

Secret Kenyan Church Opens Its Doors to LGBT Worshipers

12/16/2023

For the past ten years, there has been a clandestine church operating in Kenya. The church acknowledges Kenya as a nation deeply committed to its religious beliefs….

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Added on: 11/16/2023

Queer Ugandan refugee on the run from anti-homosexuality law speaks out

11/15/2023

‘What am I leaving behind?’: Queer Ugandans on the run from anti-homosexuality law speak out. When he made the tough choice to flee Uganda, in the wake…

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Added on: 11/14/2023

The colonial legacy of anti-LGBTQ+ laws in Africa

11/13/2023

Namibia’s High Court will rule next May in a case that could see the southern African country overturn a colonial-era ban on same-sex relations. Friedel Dausab, who…

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Added on: 11/07/2023

Pastor Dorcas: No Amount of Money will Influence us to Legalize LGBTQ

11/06/2023

Pastor Dorcas Rigathi has reaffirmed her stance against legalizing LGBTQ, claiming that no amount of money can influence her to change her stance. Addressing the audience in…