Kenya

A photo shows a close-up of Kenyan LGBTQ+ activist Edwin Chiloba wearing rainbow and glitter makeup with his hand behind his head

News
Jan 10 2023

Edwin Chiloba: Five suspects appear in court over brutal murder of Kenya LGBTQ+ activist

Edwin Chiloba smiles at the camera while wearing round framed glasses and a dark top

News
Jan 09 2023

Edwin Chiloba: Police make more arrests over brutal killing of Kenyan LGBTQ+ activist

Edwin Chiloba smiles at the camera while wearing round framed glasses and a dark top

Africa
Jan 08 2023

Edwin Chiloba: ‘Close friend’ arrested after Kenyan LGBTQ+ activist’s body found stuffed in box

Selfies of Sheila Lumumb

Africa
Apr 24 2022

Non-binary lesbian ‘raped and murdered by six men’

A still from the Kenyan film 'I am Samuel', the documentary depicts the live of a gay man named Samuel and his same-sex partner

TV
Sep 27 2021

Kenya bans tender gay film for being ‘demeaning to Christianity’ and ‘unsuitable for children’

Canary Murungi sits on a UNCHR mat with his knee bandaged

World
May 02 2021

Gay refugee ‘ambushed’ by homophobe and left with broken leg: ‘I feel like the world has rejected me’

Chriton 'Trinidad Jerry' Atuhwera holds an LGBT+ Pride flag behind him, wearing a pair of sunglasses

Trans
Apr 16 2021

Beloved trans man dies after horrific petrol bomb attack in Kenyan refugee camp

Transphobia is a hangover of British colonialism, and we need to address it

World
Mar 31 2021

Transphobia in Commonwealth countries is an injustice left over from British colonialism. It’s time we addressed it

(L) Madonna walks with Ahlamalik Williams, his arm over her shoulder. (R) Madonna wearing sunglasses and a black bandanna sat in a bus

Music
Jan 14 2021

Madonna flies to four countries in three weeks despite there being a literal global pandemic

Kenya moral policeman and pope francis

World
Oct 26 2020

Kenya’s anti-LGBT+ ‘moral policeman’ is bending over backwards arguing against the Pope’s support of same-sex couples

Harrowing footage seen by PinkNews shows Kakuma refugee camps sprinting as teargas engulfs them. Multiple nondescript bangs can be heard in the distance. (Screen capture via Facebook)

World
May 08 2020

Queer refugees subjected to daily anti-LGBT+ violence say they were ‘teargassed and brutally assaulted’ by police while protesting their plight

TV
Apr 30 2020

Kenya refuses to lift ban on ‘groundbreaking’ lesbian film claiming it’s ‘protecting society from moral decay’

Nankinga Sophia, 22, is a lesbian refugee staying at the Kenyan refugee camp in Kakuma. She was found bloodied, beaten and raped, a fellow refugee has alleged. (Facebook)

World
Apr 28 2020

Lesbian refugee in Kenya brutally beaten and raped by ‘gang of eight ruthless men’

Health
Apr 27 2020

An eight-year-old girl tested positive for HIV and was given four years to live. Now she’s 27 and celebrating life