At an upmarket coffee shop in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, in late February, I met with three young businessmen to discuss a recent Supreme Court ruling in favour of an LGBTIQ+ rights organisation.
All three had come to identify as gay when they were at school together years ago. Now, as they analysed their social media feeds, they concluded that few people were celebrating the court’s decision. Most were outraged by it.
They discussed the possibility of homophobic attacks, and the man who lived in an uptown neighbourhood offered his home as sanctuary to the others if they felt unsafe.
