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A refugee-led group estimates at least 2,400 LGBTQIA+ people are among those crossing into Kenya, a country that has quietly frozen their refugee registration since 2019. Here's what's happening at the border, in Kakuma and in South Sudan's Gorom settlement, and what aid groups are being asked to do.
A High Court judge found Kenya violated a transgender woman's dignity with a forced 'gender determination' procedure in custody, awarding damages and ordering the government to draft new protections.
A landmark May ruling gave Kenyan officials 60 days to start considering gender-marker changes. As that deadline nears in mid-July, advocates are watching to see whether the state complies.
A landmark ruling orders the Kenyan government to start considering applications to change sex markers on official documents — a rare trans-rights win in a country that still criminalises gay sex.
One LGBTQ+ Colombian killed every 32 hours in 2025. A Kenyan rights group documents systematic police violence. Sixty-four countries still criminalize same-sex relations. As IDAHOBIT lands Sunday, the global picture is harder than the headlines.
Led by INEND and GALCK+, Kenyan queer rights organizations are registering voters and building political power ahead of the August 2027 general elections, insisting their rights are 'fundamentally Kenyan issues.'
