“They’re actions that are against God’s commandments, and God’s laws. We do not want the future, our kids, to be raised in a society whereby, they can’t go, our boys cannot go after girls, our girls cannot go after our boys. You see? How can children be raised in such a society? This is what we are talking about. This is not a matter of violence. We have come here peacefully just to let the whole world know we are ready to die,” said Abdulkalil Ibrahim, protester
Doesn’t really surprise me, despite having seen some rapid advances, Kenyan society is still relatively rural and conservative at heart. Many people are Christian, but if anything, it almost feels closer to Islam in a way. There is also a sizable Muslim population as well in the coastal regions and to the north (11%). Just very intolerant of LGBTQ+ or anything different. If a woman dresses provocatively, the reaction I’d heard from people there is that she’ll be stripped naked and beaten. They’ve done well incorporating some modern tech into their society, but their mindset is still pretty backwards and stuck 100 years ago.
Extreme homophobia is just as much a Christian trait as itbis in Islam. Christianity just has less power in Europe / north America. Christians here want to kill all the LGBT people too