LGBTQ+ news, rights, politics and culture from Kenya.
Explore reporting from this country and its place in the wider world.
Rwanda recognizes and promotes education about homosexuality in new sexuality education book for young people. #Rwanda #LGBTQ #sexualorientation #genderidentity
Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania enact harsh laws and bans on LGBTQ activities and materials
President William Ruto maintains Kenya's stance against same-sex marriage, as the Supreme Court dismisses the board's appeal to deny activist's registration of an LGBTQ rights organization. #Kenya #LGBTQ #SupremeCourt #SameSexMarriage
Kenya's highest court affirms the right of all Kenyans to associate, irrespective of sexual orientation. A triumph for justice and human rights. #LGBTQ #Kenya
Kenyan government clamps down on foreign books with #LGBT+ content for teens, following demands from parents and religious leaders to ban such literature. #Kenya #LGBTQrights
Housemate of late Kenyan LGBTQ advocate Edwin Chiloba pleads not guilty to murder charge. The fight for LGBTQ rights in Kenya continues. #JusticeForEdwinChiloba #LGBTQrights
The murder of LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba in Kenya sparks global outrage and calls for justice #JusticeForEdwin #EqualityForAll
The world of RuPaul's Drag Race has been a platform for countless talented and memorable drag queens to showcase their skills and personalities. Many of these contestants have had their drag careers propelled to new heights as a result of their appearances on the show, but not all of them are interested in continuing to do drag forever. In fact, many former contestants and even winners have retired from their drag careers, either due to the response they received from fans or to pursue new endeavors.
This week in LGBTQ+ news, there have been several developments that have sparked concern and outrage within the community. In Arkansas, Republicans have proposed a bill that would classify drag performances as pornograp…
NAIROBI - For the first time in years, Arya Rams falls asleep and wakes up each day without a dense knot of fear in her chest. She lives in a room in a safe house deep in Kenya's Rift Valley, supported by the Dutch non-…
NAIROBI (Reuters) - One of the suspects in the death last week of prominent Kenyan LGBTQ rights campaigner Edwin Chiloba is his roommate with whom he is “believed to have been in (a) close relationship,” the police said…
NAIROBI, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Kenyan police on Friday said a suspect had been arrested in connection with the death of a prominent LGBTQ rights campaigner whose body was found stuffed into a metal box in the west of the co…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police were investigating the death of an LGBTQ activist whose body was found stuffed in a metal box, as human rights groups on Friday decried the killing. Edwin Chiloba’s body was found on…
NAIROBI/LAGOS, Dec 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - LGBTQ+ rights groups across Africa said they are offering online safety training and trauma counselling to users after seeing a rise in hate speech since Elon Musk to…
