Kenya

Gay refugees suffer in Kenya’s UN-enforced squalor
In September 2018, gay rights supporters in Bangalore, India, celebrate the Supreme Court ruling that overturned India's anti-gay law. (Photo courtesy of USA Today)
2018: Great progress toward gay rights; much work lies ahead
Gay refugees escape Kakuma’s dangers, reach Nairobi’s squalor
The Rev. James Maina Maigua, Archdeacon John Njogu Gachau, and the Rev. Paul Mwangi Warui at Nyeri Law Courts in Kenya (Faith Nyamai photo courtesy of The Nation)
Anglican Church must pay Kenyan priests it said were gay
U.N. plan for gay refugees: same abuse, new location?`
U.N.: We’re moving LGBT refugees out of unsafe Kakuma Camp
Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, where most Ugandan refugees are held (Photo courtesy of Ephemerian)
Violence greets protesting LGBT refugees in Kenya
India and Trinidad overturned their anti-gay laws in court this year. Kenya and Botswana might do the same next year.
2019 goal: Eliminate two more countries’ anti-gay laws
Logo of the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission of Kenya
Anti-gay law in Kenya might die in February
Scene from the Kenyan film "Rafiki," which was blocked in its bid to be Kenya's nominee for an Oscar.
Updates: Kenya, St. Lucia, Singapore, many more
Map of the 73 countries with laws against sexual relations between people of the same sex.
Updates: Kenya, Singapore, Egypt, Cameroon and more
Track practice for Kevin Mwachiro (Photo courtesy of Instagram)
Gay Games 4: Using sports to help Kenya’s LGBTI community
Three Ugandan LGBTI refugees sleep on the ground in Malawi. (Photo courtesy of Rainbow Flag Kakuma)
LGBTI Ugandans flee anti-gay Kakuma, find worse in Malawi
Scene from Pride at Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. (Photo courtesy of Rainbow Flag Kakuma)
Kenya: Death threats follow refugees’ successful Pride
Photo accompanying the GoFundMe appeal for contributions to Pride at Kakuma Camp.
LGBTI Ugandans prepare for Pride in refugee camp
Dear Ellen and Portia: Avoid the anti-LGBT police