Brutalized LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Denied Shelter

The US and the world respond with apathy

James Finn
Nov 6 · 7 min read
African migrant in a refugee camp: image licensed from Adobe Stock

LGBTQ people from Uganda and much of the rest of eastern Africa seek shelter by the thousands in relatively liberal Kenya, where the penalty for being gay or trans is “only” 14 years in prison.

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