- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- Ambiguous
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Intersex only
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✔ Full ban
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- Ambiguous
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Public Opinion
Research in attittudes towards LGBTQ+ issues in Kenya have identified a strong opposition to LGBTQ+ rights, reflecting underlying homophobic sentiments.
History
Homosexual activity in Kenya is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Censorship of LGBT issues in Kenya is state-enforced.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Kenya is intersex only.
LGBT discrimination in Kenya is illegal in some contexts.
The Data Protection Act (2019) states that "sensitive personal data" means "data revealing the natural person's race, health status, ethnic social origin, conscience, belief, genetic data, biometric data, property details, marital status, family details including names of the person's children, parents, spouse or spouses, sex or the sexual orientation of the data subject."
Some protections for intersex children under The Children Act 2022. The law requires intersex children to be treated with dignity and have equal access to basic services like medical treatment and education, in addition to social protection services as a special need. It also requires the accommodation of intersex children in child protection centers and other facilities.
LGBT employment discrimination in Kenya is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Kenya is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Kenya is illegal.
Serving openly in military in Kenya is illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Kenya is ambiguous.
Conversion therapy in Kenya is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Kenya is n/a.
LGBT Rights by Province
View the LGBT laws in each individual province of Kenya.