Sex
between
men is
illegal
in
Kenya,
and
attitudes
to gay
life are
rather
hard to
pin down.
While
there is
no gay
scene as
such,
male
homosexuality
is an
accepted
undercurrent
on the
coast,
where it
finds
most
room for
expression
in Lamu
and
Malindi,
and to a
small
extent
in
Nairobi.
The Lake
Victoria
region
has a
fairly
relaxed
attitude,
too.
Msenge
is
Swahili
for gay
man.
Homosexuality
is still
largely
a taboo
subject
in
Kenya,
lesbianism
doubly
so, and
many
Kenyans
take the
attitude
that
it's a
foreign,
un-African
practice.
Recently,
however,
more gay
Kenyan
men have
been
making
themselves
known,
usually
by
wearing
high-fashion
clothes.
Lesbians,
on the
other
hand,
remain
invisible
Contacts
for gay
travellers
You'll
find a
small
amount
of
information
on the
male gay
scene in
Kenya in
the
Spartacus
Gay
Guide
,
available
in most
bookshops.
AUSTRALIA
AND NEW
ZEALAND
Gay
Travel
tel
1800/GAY
TRAVEL
or
1800/429
8728, .
Internet-based
firm
offering
an all-gay
Kenya
safari.
Parkside
Travel
70 Glen
Osmond
Rd,
Parkside,
SA 5063
tel
08/8274
1222 or
1800/888
501,
hwtravel@senet.com.au.
Gay
travel
agent
associated
with
local
branch
of
Hervey
World
Travel;
all
aspects
of gay
and
lesbian
travel
worldwide.
KENYA
Promote
Kenya
tel
0123/31951
or
21232,
fax
31952, .
Gay-friendly
company
offering
tailor-made
safaris
and
beach
holidays.
USA AND
CANADA
Damron
Company
tel
1-800/462
6654 or
415/255-0404,
.
Publisher
of
Damron
Accommodations
, which
provides
detailed
listings
of over
1000
accommodations
for gays
and
lesbians
worldwide.
Ferrari
Publications
tel
1-800/962
2912 or
602/863
2408, .
Publishes
Ferrari
Gay
Travel A
to Z
, a
worldwide
gay and
lesbian
guide;
Inn
Places
, a
worldwide
accommodation
guide;
the
guides
Men's
Travel
in Your
Pocket
and
Women's
Travel
in Your
Pocket
, and
the
quarterly
Ferrari
Travel
Report
. Their
website
features
a page
on
Kenya.
