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Homosexuality is "largely considered to be taboo and repugnant to () cultural values and morality" of Kenya,〔("List of issues to be taken up in connection with the consideration of the third periodic report of Kenya", United Nations Human Rights Committee, 103rd session, Geneva, 22 November 2011, CCPR/C/KEN/3, paragraph 26, page 5 )〕 and the state punishes same-sex sexual acts as crimes. Despite this, various organisations are working to protect and improve LGBT rights.〔("Kenya gay demand recognition", ''Saturday Nation'', reported by Lucas Barasa and Joy Wanja, 18 May 2010 )〕 ==Public opinion== According to the 2007 Pew Global Attitudes Project, 96 percent〔The number of adults (all were aged 18-64) surveyed in Kenya was 1,000, yielding a margin of error of 3 percent with a 95 percent confidence level.〕 of Kenyan residents believe that homosexuality is a way of life that society should not accept, which was the fifth-highest rate of non-acceptance in the 45 countries surveyed.〔("Pew Global Attitudes Project", (pages 35, 82, and 117) )〕 The non-governmental Kenya Human Rights Commission published, in 2011, the first research paper on the legal and social status of LGBTI people in Kenya. Among those who came out or were outed to their family members, 89 percent reported that they were disowned.〔("The Outlawed Amongst Us", Kenya Human Rights Commission, 2011 )〕 Employees were reported to have been terminated or subjected to hostility, ridicule, humiliation, and discrimination when their sexual orientation or gender identity became known in the workplace.〔 Traditional religious and cultural values play a substantial role in this figures. Leaders within the three dominate religions in Kenya, Catholic, Anglican and Islamic, condemn homosexuality and transgenderism as signs of decadence, disease, and immorality. In June 2011, Kisauni Islamic College principal Sheikh Majid Obeid blamed inflation and drought on people who engage in same-sex acts. Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya organising secretary Sheikh Mohammed Khalifa said, "We are asking Kenyans to shun businesses owned by such people and further show them open discrimination as a way of stopping the beastly act. They grossly abuse rights of others and should not be accepted among the society".〔("Clerics seek harsher laws for gays" ), ''Daily Nation'', reported by Galgalo Bocha, 13 June 2011〕 A mob of 100 people led by religious leaders and village elders on 23 February 2012 stormed a meeting of homosexuals at the Likoni CDF Youth Empowerment and Library Centre. Likoni police boss Abagarro Guyo and district officer Moses Ouma then ordered the meeting closed. Sheikh Amir Zani of the Muzadhalfa mosque described the seminar as "illegal, ungodly and unacceptable". He threatened to "mobilise the community to cane the gays if they organised such a meeting again". But the Ministry of Youth and Sports district officer, David Ogal, defended the organisers of the seminar and accused residents of misunderstanding their aims.
The governmental Kenya National Commission on Human Rights reported in April 2012 that,
In response, Peter Karanja, the general secretary of the National Council of Churches of Kenya, said on 11 May 2012,
Julius Kalu, a bishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya in Mombasa, was reported to have said in July 2012 that the movement to allow same-sex marriages is a bigger threat to the Christian church than terrorism, even though Christians in Kenya have endured several terror attacks in 2012.〔("Bishop: Gays dangerous than terrorists", ''The Standard Digital'', reported by Patrick Beja, 23 July 2012 )〕 However, on 11 August 2012 during a meeting with LGBT Christians, Kalu denied having made that statement. "It was not me who said that gays are worse than terrorists. Never. However, all things work together for good to those who love God and I confess to you that, that article however disparaging and infamous has helped me know a lot about LGBT people. Because of it, I have been contacted by my fellow bishops in the listening group in the UK, Canada() and individual LGBTI people in Kenya. Therefore, let me clear the air on this issue, I never said anything of that sort! This is my very first time to ever see or even meet with LGBTI people and especially from Kenya. It is indeed a shame to me that I've been shepherding to LGBTI people in the Anglican Church when I even don't know!" The July 2012 murder of Tanzanian LGBT rights campaigner Maurice Mjomba was raised during the meeting and Kalu was reported to have "appeared visibly disturbed, saddened() and struck with grief" by the news. According to the report, "he stated that there was a need for human societies to live in love, care() and harmony with one another without assigning indifferences." He condemned the murder of Mjomba as a "heinous and cowardly" act and expressed the wish that someday soon LGBTI people will live in a free world without "violence and discrimination".〔("Kenya 'gay terrorist' bishop says he is against gay hate", ''Gay Star News'', reported by Dan Littauer, 14 August 2012 )〕 In 2014, the Kenya Film Classification Board banned the LGBT-themed film ''Stories of Our Lives'', made by a Nairobi-based arts collective, from distribution or screening in Kenya, on the grounds that it "promotes" homosexuality.〔("Kenyan Film Board Bans TIFF Film 'Stories Of Our Lives'" ). ''Indiewire'', October 6, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LGBT rights in Kenya」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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