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| Gay and Christian in KENYA, UGANDA, TANZANIA, RWANDA AND BURUNDI |
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Other Sheep East Africa Personal Stories is a collection of
writings of the personal lives of gay Christians in East Africa.
Each account is in the first person and is authored by the
individual who is speaking. He or she is giving their account as
a personal unvailing as a gay Christian.
These accounts are kept anonomous for the sole reason that to
be open and gay in East Africa can often result in the loss of
employment, family and friends, and expulsion from one's
church community.
It is hoped that as this collection of stories grows, so will the
readership of East Africa - that parents, friends, fellow
employees, clergy members and church members who have
little idea what it means to be a gay Christian in East African will
read these accounts; that society at large will come to the
realization that these accounts are about their own sons and
daughters, brothers and sisters, fellow employees, Sunday
School teachers, political officials, fellow university students,
boyfriend or girlfriend -- people that are loved, but people that
are yet to be loved for who they actually are - gay and Christian
in East Africa.
writings of the personal lives of gay Christians in East Africa.
Each account is in the first person and is authored by the
individual who is speaking. He or she is giving their account as
a personal unvailing as a gay Christian.
These accounts are kept anonomous for the sole reason that to
be open and gay in East Africa can often result in the loss of
employment, family and friends, and expulsion from one's
church community.
It is hoped that as this collection of stories grows, so will the
readership of East Africa - that parents, friends, fellow
employees, clergy members and church members who have
little idea what it means to be a gay Christian in East African will
read these accounts; that society at large will come to the
realization that these accounts are about their own sons and
daughters, brothers and sisters, fellow employees, Sunday
School teachers, political officials, fellow university students,
boyfriend or girlfriend -- people that are loved, but people that
are yet to be loved for who they actually are - gay and Christian
in East Africa.
Personal Story 01
Personal Story 03
Personal Story 04
Personal Story 05
Personal Story 06
Personal Story 07
Personal Story 08
Personal Story 09
Personal Story 10
- Kenyan Man, Age 21
Who can I tell? My parents? My teachers?
Even preachers don't care.
I could not approach my parents about this ... not even
my teachers. ... Preachers do not care about gays. I'm
happy now having met other gay Christians.
- Kenyan Man, Early Twenties
If my sister tells my parents, I'm afraid they'll
kick me out!
My sister found me kissing another guy. If my parents
were to know they might kick me out of the house.
Personal Story 03
- Kenyan Bisexual Man, Age 18
I stopped going to church once I got a
boyfriend.
After breaking up I became depressed; I had already
stopped going to church "because I didn't want the
negative attention" about having a boyfriend. I isolated
myself and drank a lot.
Personal Story 04
- Kenyan Man, Mid-Twenties
Now there's hope that I will no longer be
a conflicted gay Christian.
I quit the church because there was this fight within me
and because I saw same-sex sex just as wrong. But now
there is hope that I can be gay and a Christian.
Personal Story 05
- Kenyan Man, Early Twenties
Would God make someone and then deny that
person to love and be loved?
I still plan to marry . . . to change my orientation . . . to
make her happy even at my own expense. I may not be
able to give her what most striaght men would, but I will
try my best to give her something close to that.
Personal Story 06
- Kenyan Man, Early 21 YearsOld
For myself, I found it within me.
It didn't come to me from white people.
We weere arrested and kept in custody for three days
for wearing earrings and tight jeans and tight tops. In
custody, a girl – the transgender – and I had to strip for
the police to prove our sexuality. We were molested.
Personal Story 07
- Kenyan Man, 35 Years Old
Vowed to celibacy, poverty and obediance, I am
a Roman Catholic gay man
I will not leave the Catholic church or religious life.
I will stick in there and try to change the attitude of these
two institutions from within their circles.
Personal Story 08
- Rwandeese Man, Mid-Twenties
Every one told me I was gay so I thought I
would try it.
We might keep in touch afterwards if they are okay with
our differences regarding homosexuality. I do not believe
in gay marriage for example
Personal Story 09
- Kenyan Man, Twenties
Story in the bathroom!
Just then I felt a warm thunder-like blast in my heart
and to tell you the truth I had never felt a warm feeling
like this before.
Personal Story 10
- Kenyan Man, Twenty-five
I applied every spiritual means I knew . . . but
still I was gay
I wish I could be accepted as an equal in the church
community and not feel like an outcast.
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