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Are You Happy or are You Gay?

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Kenya has been labeled as the fifth most prejudiced countries when it comes to LGBIT rights. Homosexuals hide in the dark and fear exposing their orientation because of harassment and possible abuse. Even our very own Deputy President has been known to say there is no room for homosexuality in Kenya. He re-affirmed what most Africans countries believe - that being gay is unnatural and un-African. Many people believe it is a ‘white’ thing that is being forced upon us. The incident in 2010 where a mob attacked a number of men in Mombasa after accusing them of having gay sex shows just how deeply seated the stigma goes. They were then sentenced to prison for’ having unnatural sex against the order of nature’. 77 Countries Where Homosexuality is a Crime In 2014, Kenyan MP’s proposed a bill which would have resulted in gays being stoned to death if they were found out. They proposed that anyone charged with aggravated homosexuality - performing a gay act when HIV positive or hav