Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Africans fleeing anti-LGBT violence head to Kenya

A wave of anti-LGBT violence and murders in countries including Uganda, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo have forced gay and transgender Africans to seek the safety of anonymity in Nairobi, Kenya, according to this article

Some want to go to Western countries such as the U.S., but the head of one organization hoping to facilitate the asylum seekers says humanitarian organizations are slow to consider the cases of LGBT Africans.