‘LGBTIQ+ children’ and the rights of the African child

COMMENT Godfrey Dalitso Kangaude LLD 10 June 2022 The January 2022 demonstrations in Kenya [1] sparked by discriminatory statements a government official made about LGBTIQ+ students contributed to the visibility of children as subjects of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression (SOGIE) rights. In most African communities, sexuality is taboo; LGBTIQ+ is branded ‘un-African’.…