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(images via Pexels)Kenya’s High Court has upheld the African country’s laws which criminalize homosexual behavior. LGBTQ activists had argued the laws are discriminatory, lead to increased harassment of the LGBTQ community, and serve to discourage people from seeking HIV testing or treatment.  The plaintiffs involved in the case also said the laws violate the Kenyan Constitution which reads the “state shall not discriminate directly or indirectly against any person on any ground,” including...

Kenya’s High Court just upheld the country’s antigay laws punishing “carnal knowledge” and “gross indecency” with five to 14 years in prison. The disappointing news comes just as same-sex marriages began in Taiwan and Brazil’s high court issued a ruling declaring queerphobia unconstitutional. Kenya’s three-judge hight court upheld Sections 162 (a) and (c), 163 and 165 of the country’s penal code, ruling that petitioners failed to provide “credible evidence” the law infringed on their rights, according to Quartz.com. The laws are holdovers...

Stock Photo / Image via PexelsKenya is currently awaiting what could be a historic and country changing decision. Kenya’s High Court is about to announce its ruling on whether or not homosexuality should be decriminalized across the country. Currently, people convicted of gay sex face up to 14 years of prison. And despite general tolerance for LGBTQ people, some Kenyan citizens take the law into their own hands by attacking gay people. Friday’s court ruling in Nairobi, however, could start...

Here’s an inspiring story to start off the week with some positivity. This weekend, the first ever LGBTQ+ pride in a refugee camp took place. Rainbow flags flew and demonstrators marched through Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp. The organizers of the event were from Refugee Flag Kakuma, and most of the participants were LGBTQ+ refugees who fled from neighboring Uganda. Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda. The Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act was passed in Dec. 2013, inciting a punishment of life in prison for...

"Probably they have been influenced by gays who have gone to the national parks and behaved badly." After wildlife photographer reported seeing two male lions mate in a Kenyan safari, a government official claimed the two felines must have “copied” gay men visiting the park. “Probably they have been influenced by gays who have gone to the national parks and behaved badly,” tweeted Ezekeil Mutua, head of the Kenyan Film Classification Board. “I don’t know, they must have copied it somewhere...

Disney Channel show Andi Mack recently made history when it featured the network’s first ever gay storyline. Produced by Lizzie McGuire creator Terri Minsky, Andi Mack is played by Peyton Elizabeth Lee – a girl who discovered that her older sister is actually her mother. In the episode – which aired last week – Andi discovers that her best friend Cyrus (played by Joshua Rush) has a crush on the same boy she does. It’s part of a storyline that will see...

"Sexuality is not just about making babies—It is also about making the flock work." For at least the third time this year, two male lions have been spotted attempting to mate with each other. But unlike the other encounters, which were observed in animal parks, these felines got frisky in the wild. Paul Goldstein came across two “impressive alpha males” getting intimate in Kenya’s Masai Mara in August, the same month a lion was spotted mounting another male at Yorkshire Wildlife...