Oral Histories
We build trusted relationships with members of the LGBTQ+ community to record and preserve personal stories, ensuring lived experiences are documented and remembered.
Research and Documentation
Research and Documentation
Shifting the queer narrative through rigorous research, documentation, and preservation of Kenyan and African queer stories.
Documenting the Kenyan queer experience
In Kenya, queer stories are too often silenced, misunderstood, or sensationalized.
Through research and documentation, we work to reclaim and tell these stories with care, depth, and authenticity.
By exploring the intersections of identity, culture, faith, family, and law, we seek to document and preserve the histories, experiences, and contributions of Kenyan and African LGBTQ+ communities.
Methods
How we document queer experiences
Desk Reviews and Archival Research
We examine historical records, media, and existing research to better understand how queer identities have been represented and regulated in Kenya over time.
Policy and Legal Documentation
We track and analyze laws and policies affecting LGBTQ+ people in Kenya, highlighting how legal systems shape everyday queer experiences.
Commitments
Our commitments
Ethical Research Practices
Our research is guided by principles of consent, privacy, dignity, and accountability. Community members share their stories on their own terms.
Preserving Knowledge
We document queer stories and experiences to build an archive that protects community knowledge and preserves it for future generations.
Challenging Queer Erasure
By documenting queer lives and histories, we challenge attempts to erase or deny the existence and contributions of LGBTQ+ people in Kenya.
Contribute to our research
Share your story, collaborate with us, or support our documentation efforts.