LGBT
Kenyan homophobia costs the country 1.7 percent of the GDP
The High Court of Kenya last week upheld the status quo of Section 162 and 165 of the constitution that criminalizes same sex,...
Brenda Gamonde3 Mins read
Will Kenya ever decriminalise gay sex?
A three-judge bench in the Kenyan High Court on Friday (today) will deliver a ruling on whether to decriminalize same sex relationship or...
Brenda Gamonde3 Mins read
The fearless Kenyan gay writer, Binyavanga Wainaina
At 43, on his birthday 18th January 2014, Kenneth Binyavanga Wainaina came out of the closet as an African gay man. Five years...
Brenda Gamonde4 Mins read
LGBT activist Binyavanga Wainaina dead at 48
Kenyan novelist and LGBT activist Kenneth Binyavanga Wainaina is dead at 48. According to the family, Mr Binyavanga died of stroke at Aga...
Brenda Gamonde1 Mins read
High Court set to rule on legalising gay marriages
Members of the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) are on the edge of their seats as they await a high...
Kevin Namunwa2 Mins read
Disease outbreak in UN shelter of LGBT+ refugees
A group of LGBT+ refugees from Flag Kakuma, a shelter run by United Nation, were rushed to the hospital after falling sick days...
Brenda Gamonde1 Mins read
US surrogacy agency withdraws from ‘perilous’ Kenya
In a controversial move, a US IVF & surrogacy consultancy, Sensible Surrogacy is warning all childless American couples to avoid surrogacy programmes in...
BT Reporter3 Mins read
Kenyan lesbian movie banned
The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has banned Wanuri Kahiu’s “Rafiki” (Friend), an LGBT love story which will have its world premiere in Cannes’...
BT Correspondent3 Mins read
