This awesome queer comic focuses on what is often misused as an argument against the LGBTQ+ community in Kenya; family values, African culture and traditions.  

Character Profiles :

Davii; A queer person and the protagonist;
Oti; Davii’s friend who represents the larger heterosexual community;
Kevoo; Davii’s friend reflects on the plight of the LGBTQ+ community; and
Bonnie; the antagonist symbolizes those who attack the LGBTQ+ community.

Aisha and Amina; represent the notion of finding love and acceptance in the LGBTQ+ community and the community at large.

Mwangi; a non-binary queer person who we join in on the journey of self-acceptance

Nya; Davii’s friend and a Queer woman who brings to light the element of discrimination in the workplace, economic empowerment, resilience and thriving 

#WeAreFamily  #PrideAndAllyship 

After over two years of engaging judges and magistrates in Kenya on their role in protecting and ensuring the highest enjoyment of fundamental rights and freedoms for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ+) community in Kenya, INEND has created this non-discrimination Bench Book to support judicial officers and other key stakeholders in the justice system in understanding issues affecting LGBTIQ+ persons in Kenya, and how Kenyan courts and other courts in different jurisdictions have interpreted these issues.

This Bench Book serves as a reference point for LGBTIQ+ persons and their allies on the current status of varied aspects of human rights in Kenya which functions under common-law jurisdiction, and therefore courts are guided by precedent, set by other courts of similar or higher jurisdiction.

The Legal resource guide also provides a collection of best practices from Kenyan courts, as well as from other countries, on how to adjudicate the rights of LGBTIQ+ persons with references from a local, regional, and global perspective to judicial officers.

Queering The Ballot Report clearly shows that queer Kenyans can no longer be ignored or wished away in a country that Our existence is regarded as a ”non-issue” or viewed as a Distraction.

We have the right to fully participate in all civic processes, including the electoral process, which is a critical civic duty and form of expression as Electoral processes directly impact the lived realities of vulnerable and marginalized groups, including the LGBTQ+ community.

Elected leaders are responsible for developing laws and policies regarding their rights, such as equality before the law, non-discrimination, access to resources, and services tailor-made for the community. Furthermore, elected leaders hold great influence on the attitudes of the general public. They could therefore make or break social and cultural changes that are vital to the advancement and protection of the rights of queer people in the country.

Kenya is progressively realising women’s economic inclusion through policy environment and active participation. However, when it comes to LBQ women and Gender Non-Conforming persons, economic exclusion remains an active issue, with limited initiatives that we can benefit from to bolster economic growth. This Exclusion comes in various forms, including employment services, banking services, and funding opportunities. 

INEND as part of a consortium comprising Empowered Ladies Initiative for Equality (ELITE) LBQ, Voices of Women from Western Kenya (VOWWEK), Upinde Advocates for Inclusion (UAFI), Udada Imara, And QueerHive; We sought to document the experiences of LBQ women and GNC persons in Kenya, specifically about the discrimination that exists in the country, and how it affects our economic inclusion and economic Justice at large.

Background Context

Kenya has thus far indicated a very strong stance against the LGBTQ+ community with discriminatory laws such as sections 162 and 165 of the Penal Code still in existence, which criminalise consensual homosexual intimacy. Despite relatively few arrests being carried out for this crime, this study reveals that these laws have formed the basis of contingent discriminatory acts towards queer Kenyans.

Queer Folks share their experiences on dating during a digital era😍😍

Published by: The Initiative for Equality and Non-Discrimination (INEND), February 2021

Supported by: The Association for Progressive Communication (APC)

Kanuni  zifuatazo  ni  muhimu  ili  kuinua  kigezo  cha     mtandao     ambao     unazingatia     usawa     wa   kijinsia   na   wa   watu   wote.   Mtandao   wa   kifeministi huanza na kuwezesha wanawake, na watu wenye hisia tofauti za kimapenzi na jinsia kufurahia  mtandao  ambao  ni  wa  kukubalika,  kujimudu,  uwazi,  maana,  usio  na  masharti,  na  unaopatikana kwa urahisi na kwa usawa.

Mtandao  wa  kifeministi  huwezesha  wanawake  na  watu  wenye  hisia  tofauti  za  kimapenzi  na  jinsia  kufurahia  tofauti  zetu,  haki  zetu,  huku  tukivunja   misingi   ya   mfumo   dume.   Hali   hii   inajumuisha tofauti za hali zetu, na muktadha, kama   vile   tofauti   za   umri,   jinsia,   ulemavu,   tabaka   mbali   mbali,   hali   zetu   za   kiuchumi,   imani na misimamo tofauti za kisiasa na kidini, kikabila na rangi za ngozi zinazotutenganisha.Kanuni   zifuatazo   ni   muhimu   katika   kuafikia   malengo ya mtandao wa kifeministi

The United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (UN DEVAW) 1993 defined Gender-Based Violence (GBV) as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in private or in public life.” Online violence against women are acts “committed, abetted or aggravated” in part or fully, by the use of information and communication technologies.”

Gender-based hate speech (advocacy of gender-based hatred that constitutes incitement to
discrimination, harm, hostility or violence) should be prohibited. Incitement to harm comprises both incitement against a group and incitement against an individual.

Protests can be spotlighted both historically and contemporarily in different African countries, centring on issues like femicide, police brutality, authoritarian governments, homophobia, apartheid regimes, and colonization, among many others. Protesting has therefore been fundamental as an organizing technique employed by structurally excluded and silenced people.
In light of increasing feminist movement-building pursuits in Kenya, and escalating political action through protests, both digitally and in physical spaces in Africa and globally, the Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination (INEND) sought to develop a protest guide to support movements and activists interested in exploring creative and versatile ways of protesting, that ultimately sustain movements.
The feminist principle of ‘nothing for us, without us’ was pivotal in the development of this guide.