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Kenya considers harsh penalties against gays, including death by stoning
NAIROBI, Kanya — Lawmakers in Kenya are considering a new draft bill that proposes harsh penalties against gays, including death by stoning or life in prison. The Republican Liberty Party in Kenya’s National Assembly introduced the bill, prohibiting any form of sexual relations between people of the same sex.
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Gays in Kenya protest against Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill
NAIROBI, Kenya – Gays and lesbians in Kenya have joined a global effort to protest against an anti-homosexuality bill passed by Uganda’s parliament and now in the hands of the country’s president.
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Kenyan author comes out as gay in response to anti-laws in Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya — Binyavanga Wainaina, the African author, journalist and winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing, has announced he is gay to protest laws criminalizing homosexuality on the continent.
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Same-sex marriage was a leading international concern throughout 2011
In terms of the news — international reporting — this was the year of same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriage (or ‘marriage equality’ or ‘gay marriage’) was a leading international concern — whether in the West or raised as a chimeric threat, particularly in Africa.
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Report: Kenyan gay men trafficked as sex slaves to Gulf countries
A Kenyan gay magazine has exposed male sex trafficking between Kenya and the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Identity magazine says that gay and bisexual Kenyans are being lured from universities with promises of jobs only to end up as sex slaves.
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Kenya police arrest 5 suspected homosexuals in raid on gay wedding
Kenya police on Friday arrested five suspected homosexuals in a coastal resort town after hundreds of residents protested over a planned gay wedding. A police official said two of the men had been found with wedding rings, attempting to get married, in the Kikambala beach resort, according to the BBC. The other three men were […]