Kevin Mwachiro

Kevin Mwachiro (born 8 March 1973) is a Demographics of Kenya Kenyan LGBTQI+ activist, writer, ex-BBC journalist and cancer survivor. Quotes The reality of being queer is real. It is not a foreign thing. It is as Kenyan, as African as it may be, and it is ours. I remember I did an interview anonymously for the BBC back in 2006. And I told them, maybe within 50 years, I will see movement, it has happened so much faster. And not just in Kenya, but I've seen very many countries across Africa. And I am so, so happy that that is happening. Kevin Mwachiro, journalist, queer activist, podcaster [Kenya I'm an activist as well, and for the community, in that we were able to tell a very Kenyan story; it was also very real. As much as it was banned, but just for seven days, people were talking about being queer in Kenya. Interview with TEDDY Jury member Kevin Mwachiro I used my journalism to offer objective coverage of LGBTIQ issues in the country and then got involved with organising the OUT Film Festival, wrote/edited Invisible-Queer Stories from Kenya and that threw me into movement work proper. Using my journalism skills and media background offers me the opportunity to conduct my activism within the media space. Connecting with Africans through Story: A Conversation with Kevin Mwachiro External Links Category:Novelists from Kenya Category:LGBT people Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Activists from Kenya Category:LGBT rights activists