The Spread of Anti-LGBT Sentiment in East Africa.
Kenya, Tanzania, and South Sudan are considering enacting anti-LGBTQ laws similar to Uganda's, which punishes gay sex with prison or even death in some cases. The proposed Kenyan law mirrors many aspects of the Ugandan law, including the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality". The anti-gay bill is being vetted by a parliamentary committee, and the LGBT community fears the worst. The proposed law would signal the death knell for Kenya's status as a place of relative refuge for gay people in East Africa as the only country in the region to host refugees fleeing persecution because they are LGBTQ.
