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Don’t queer Kenyans have a right to religion?

We are fed up with being shut out of church.

Don’t queer Kenyans have a right to religion?
Kenya's Cosmopolitan Affirming Church welcomes the LGBTIQ community | Cosmopolitan Affirming Church
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I still remember my excitement, posting minute to minute on Facebook. The court was packed. The police were ready with riot gear. Christians with homophobic banners were singing outside. 

24 May 2019 is forever etched in my memory. I have never seen queer Kenyans show up for anything the way we did for the ‘Repeal 162’ judgement.

But after three hours, our whole community was outside the court, broken-hearted. Buzzfeed World shared an Instagram photo of me and three loved ones weeping in a group hug.