Anti-LGBT repression in Indonesia and Nigeria is impeding the battle against HIV/AIDS. Meanwhile, in Kenya, Lebanon and Malawi, HIV researchers are seeking new insights into the epidemic and how to combat it. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Kenya
Kenya church must reinstate 3 allegedly gay priests
A Kenyan appeals court last week ordered the anti-gay Anglican Church of Kenya to rehire three priests it fired in 2015 for alleged homosexuality and pay them about U.S. $68,000 in back pay. Continue reading
Kenya LGBTI advocates fight to keep official recognition
Kenyan LGBTI rights advocates are scheduled to appear in court on Thursday, July 27, to further their quest for official government recognition of their legitimacy. Continue reading
REVIEW IN PROGRESS: “Church leaders plotted attacks”
The article “Church leaders plotted attacks on 2 lesbians — their daughters” has been removed from the Erasing 76 Crimes blog pending further investigation into its accuracy. Continue reading
Brave gay journalist needs your help
Because of his reporting, Joe Odero was bludgeoned, left for dead, and lost his brother in a revenge murder. Now he needs your help. Continue reading
Ugandan trans woman flees to Kenya, finds ‘complete hell’
Abandoned and abused in Uganda, trans woman Alexis Sekamate fled to Kenya in 2015. At the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, she endured a life of homophobic snubs, insults and violence from other refugees — “a complete hell,” she says. Then she escaped to Nairobi, where she is hiding out. Continue reading
Kenyan ban on ‘gay’ cartoons extends to all of Africa
Millions of television viewers throughout Africa have lost access to LGBT-affirming animated programs because Kenyan officials declared that the shows were “promoting the deviant LGBT agenda.” Continue reading
