Tag: Kenya
‘No room’ for gays in Kenya, says deputy president
Kenya’s deputy president has said there is “no room” for homosexuality in Kenyan society, the latest comments from an African government to anger activists and likely also to annoy Western donors who say gays are targeted on the continent.
Kenya is making progress on gay rights, says AG Githu Muigai
Attorney General Githu Muigai said on Thursday that Kenya has made progress on rights of the country’s gay community.
World Congress of Families Selects Salt Lake City for Summit
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, today responded to the World Congress of Families’ announcement that it will host its next annual summit in Salt Lake City, UT in the fall of 2015.
Historic EU-Africa Summit overshadowed by anti-LGBT laws
The fourth EU-Africa Summit is taking place in Brussels since yesterday, and although not officially on the agenda, extremely harsh new anti-LGBT laws will be on leaders’ minds.
Leading Kenyan MP says homosexuality ‘as serious as terrorism’
Homosexuality in Kenya is as bad a problem as terrorism, the ruling party’s parliamentary leader said on Wednesday, but argued against stepping up legal sanctions on the grounds that existing laws were tough enough.