Article: Out in Kenya: encountering friends like us.(INTERNATIONAL SPECTRUM)

"ARE YOU MARRIED?" That was the first question coming from one of the men seated next to me. I immediately assumed he was curious about same-sex marriage in the United States. I replied that I was not, but had a male partner and a son adopted by him. People in this part of Sub-Saharan Africa have some access to the Internet and young "gay" men visit websites where they are learning what it's like to be homosexual in Western societies. Young gay men here are aware of the legalization of homosexual unions, and its related debates, in Europe and the U.S.

Another young man in the circle created by about a dozen young gay men asked me what differences I saw between ...

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