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| Region | Kenya |
| Issue | Bathroom access |
| Status | Partially restricted |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In Kenya, there are no explicit restrictions for trans people access to the bathroom of their gender identity rather than their assigned sex at birth but no protection for them either. However, impersonation laws have been used by the police to target trans people for doing so in practice. |
| Sources | https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/05/26/kenyan-high-court-issues-landmark-transgender-rights-ruling/ https://ilga.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ILGA_World_Trans_Legal_Mapping_Report_2019_EN.pdf |
Revision History (2)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Fixing the status.
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| Value | No explicit protections | Partially restricted |
| Description | In Kenya, there is no explict restrictions for trans people acess to the bathroom of their gender identity rather than their assign sex at birth but no protection for them either. | In Kenya, there are no explicit restrictions for trans people access to the bathroom of their gender identity rather than their assigned sex at birth but no protection for them either. However, impersonation laws have been used by the police to target trans people for doing so in practice. |
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| Sources | https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/05/26/kenyan-high-court-issues-landmark-transgender-rights-ruling/ | https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/05/26/kenyan-high-court-issues-landmark-transgender-rights-ruling/ https://ilga.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ILGA_World_Trans_Legal_Mapping_Report_2019_EN.pdf |
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created by ObservantClippy
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0 | Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | No explicit protections |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In Kenya, there is no explict restrictions for trans people acess to the bathroom of their gender identity rather than their assign sex at birth but no protection for them either. |
| Sources | https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/05/26/kenyan-high-court-issues-landmark-transgender-rights-ruling/ |