- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- Ambiguous
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Intersex only
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- 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).
Since Aug 1, 1930
Same-sex marriage in Kenya is not legal.
Since Nov 29, 1902
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Kenya is state-enforced.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Kenya is intersex only.
Since Jul 26, 2022
LGBT discrimination in Kenya is illegal in some contexts.
Since Jul 26, 2022
LGBT employment discrimination in Kenya is no protections.
Since Aug 1, 1930
LGBT housing discrimination in Kenya is no protections.
Since Aug 1, 1930
Same-sex adoption in Kenya is illegal.
Since Mar 1, 2002
Serving openly in military in Kenya is illegal.
Since Jan 1, 1941
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.