A Kenyan queer rights organization has launched a social support initiative to fight endemic homophobic stigma and discrimination in the country.
The Initiative for Equality and Non-Discrimination, which has been training judicial officers on LGBTQ rights, is using sports and other social activities to educate the public against anti-queer discrimination.
The Mombasa-based INEND, through its “Advocacy Mtaani” or “Advocacy at the Grassroots” campaign, last month donated soccer jerseys, balls, goalpost nets, and other sporting items to local teams.
It also used the platform to educate beneficiaries and the community-at-large on queer rights issues. The donations followed another one to “boda boda”or“public motorbike riders” on Oct.