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L’affirmation Mayibuye et le travail pour la justice en Afrique
Publié le 25 mai 2014 Par Colin Stewart, rédaction en français par Denis LeBlanc (also published in English) L’affirmation Mayibuye En préparation de la Journée africaine le 25 mai, un groupe de...
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Prediction: Kenya too will enact anti-gay laws
Denis Nzioka Kenya will join Uganda and Nigeria in enacting tougher laws against sexual minorities, Kenyan LGBT rights activist and journalist Denis Nzioka predicts. His prediction is the exact...
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Anti-gay Kenyans seek crackdown, new laws
Member of parliament Irungu Kang’ata (Photo by Samuel Kariuki courtesy of Denis Nzioka) Members of parliament in Kenya are making plans to seek tougher anti-gay laws. At the same time, they are calling...
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60 to 90 arrested in raid on gay-friendly bar in Nairobi
Club Envy in Nairobi Kenyan police arrested 60 to 90 people, including dozens of alleged LGBT people, in a raid on a gay-friendly bar in Nairobi early on Sunday, July 6. Their alleged crime? “Getting...
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Tabloid joins politician, bishops in targeting LGBTI Kenyans
Front page of the Weekly Citizen. (Photo courtesy of Ambrozio Barigye Wazabanga via Facebook) In the wake of last month’s High Court decision in favor of a Kenyan organization seeking human rights for...
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Honors for African LGBTI heroes at London Pride
Out and Proud Diamond Group honors African LGBTI heroes during London Pride. (Photo courtesy of Out and Proud Diamond Group) Press release, modestly edited: London Pride 2015 The African LGBTI...
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All mouth, no muscle — anti-gay party in Kenya
Logo of Kenya’s tiny Republican Liberty Party. For a political party so weak that it has no members in parliament, Kenya’s Republican Liberty Party has an amazing knack for grabbing the attention of...
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Tally of LGBTI rights, wrongs in 29 sub-Saharan countries
Several countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made progress in recognizing the human rights of LGBTI people, but much work remains to be done in the region’s 29 countries that still have laws against...
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Nairobi is unsafe for gay men online
Ugandan artist Vincent Kyabayinze portrays the risk of a rendezvous with an unknown person. (Artwork courtesy of Vincent Kyabayinze) Gay men need to be less horny and more cautious. By Denis Nzioka Gay...
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Kenya court heads toward ruling on anti-gay laws
As a Kenyan high court heads toward a decision on whether to overturn the country’s two anti-LGBT laws, homophobic Kenyans are worried. Logo of the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission of...
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Now more than ever: We need LGBTQI allies to ‘come out’
Kenyan activist Denis Nzioka celebrates the courage of LGBTQI allies in the struggle for LGBTQI rights — and asks that their voices be more widely heard in conversations about sexuality and human...
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Online archive focuses on LGBT Kenyans from 1800s on
Activist and author Denis Nzioka has launched KumbuKumbu, a new free resource that collects and preserves records documenting Kenya’s sexual and gender diverse cultures from the 1800s to today. From...
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Police brutality: Activists demand ICASA boycott of Uganda
African human rights defenders are seeking to move the preeminent African anti-AIDS conference out of Uganda because of human rights abuses by Uganda’s police and security agencies. Forty-nine people...
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Violence in Uganda: Anti-AIDS conference cancels 2021 plans
The sponsors of the African anti-AIDS conference ICASA have decided to move the gathering out of Uganda because of civil unrest there. Human rights activists had launched a petition seeking the move...
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Tabloid joins politician, bishops in targeting LGBTI Kenyans
Front page of the Weekly Citizen. (Photo courtesy of Ambrozio Barigye Wazabanga via Facebook) In the wake of last month’s High Court decision in favor of a Kenyan organization seeking human rights for...
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Honors for African LGBTI heroes at London Pride
Out and Proud Diamond Group honors African LGBTI heroes during London Pride. (Photo courtesy of Out and Proud Diamond Group) Press release, modestly edited: London Pride 2015 The African LGBTI...
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Tally of LGBTI rights, wrongs in 29 sub-Saharan countries
Several countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made progress in recognizing the human rights of LGBTI people, but much work remains to be done in the region’s 29 countries that still have laws against...
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Activists want gay rights on agenda as Biden meets Kenya’s president
A section of Kenyan human rights defenders want US President Joe Biden to raise the issue of safety and security of homosexuals in Kenya when the two heads of state hold a bilateral meeting this week...
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