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Panic among Kenya’s gays after PM’s arrest threat

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:00:31 +0000

(Nairobi, Kenya) An official with Kenya’s largest gay rights organization says there is panic among its members following remarks made by Kenya’s prime minister that homosexuals should be(...)

Dancing with the Masai

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:13:03 +0000

When the Masai dance, their bodies wave like grass and their voices hum like a summer breeze.

They are greeting us joyfully. The women have shaved heads and wear hand-beaded collars stacked one(...)

Anti-gay sentiment growing in Kenya

logointern1 — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:59:54 +0000

The wave of anti-gay sentiment in Kenya continues to grow. The mob violence on Feb. 12 over the alleged wedding of two gay men has lead to house-to-house searches for gays, attacks on gays in(...)

Ruby-Sachs: Is Africa Ramping Up Gay Arrests?

ERubySachs — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:27:34 +0000

Today, the BBC has reported that officials in Kenya arrested five men attending a gay wedding at a Kenyan beach resort. Two of the men were reportedly beaten by police before they were sent(...)

Mob of angry youth attack gay men in Kenya

logointern1 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:51:48 +0000

Police in Kenya rescued three men thought to be gay from a crowd of hundreds of angry youth “baying for their blood,” the Daily Nation reported Friday.

A gay wedding that was planed for(...)

Withers: Ten random thoughts

James Withers — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:28:31 +0000

1. Looks like Atlanta has a thing against gay bars (Memphis also!) We’ll stay on top of these stories for you–thanks to Trace for pushing us to do something about Atlanta. What do our readers(...)

Mother, daughter lead village in AIDS recovery

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:45:30 +0000

(Rabuor, Kenya) Loyce Mbewa-Ong’udi was late. Family and friends milled around her parents’ house in the green hills overlooking Lake Victoria, waiting for the daughter from America to return(...)