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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Disease outbreak in UN shelter of LGBT+ refugees

They were taken to hospital after complaining of poor hygiene, sanitation and overcrowding at the place

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US surrogacy agency withdraws from ‘perilous’ Kenya

Sensible Surrogacy now recommends new lower-cost programmes in the United States, which it says are completely safe and have the highest success rates...

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Kenyan lesbian movie banned

 Wanuri Kahiu's film, Rafiki, is the story of two teenage girls who develop a romance that is opposed by their families and community