National gay & lesbian human rights commission

Equality for All, not for some

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The Human Rights Campaign envisions a world where every member of the LGBTQ+ family has the freedom to inhabit their truth without fear, and with equality under the law. We authorize our million members and supporters to mobilize against attacks on the most marginalized people in our community.

The Human Rights Campaign envisions a world where every member of the LGBTQ+ family has the liberty to live their truth without apprehension, and with equality under the law. We empower our million members and supporters to mobilize against attacks on the most marginalized people in our community.

Breaking down barriers that divide us

We are more influential together than apart, and we’ve never been more energized or more focused. Our work centers on three pillars of action to end discrimination and fight for modify at every level — and for every single one of us.

Making history is what we do!

Since , we’ve led the way in fighting for LGBTQ+ equality and inclusion.

Fronts for Equality

A newly energized and passionate force of LGBT

The NGLHRC is an independent human rights institution that exists to realize legal and policy reforms towards equality and full inclusion of the sexual and gender minorities in Kenya.

NGLHRC was founded mainly in response to punitive criminal laws against expressions of same sex intimacy which contain been a major barrier to social and legal equality with effects of this felt in the lived reality of many LGBTIQ individuals in Kenya. Since , we have been the go-to organization for legal aid, providing this service through our Nairobi-based office.

Our main programs include:

  1. Strategic litigation: Public interest litigation including Petition of challenging the criminalization of identical sex intimacy under the Penal Code.
  2. Legal Aid Community Outreaches through our Legal Aid Center: We provide free legal aid services at our offices everyday and mobile legal aid services outside the office and regions outside Nairobi. Violations reported ranges from discrimination, physical and verbal assualts, sexual and gender violence, forceful evictions, blackmail and extortion, unlawfu

    Outright International Stands with the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission

    New York, Fresh York (September 12, ) -  Outright International extends its heartfelt congratulations to the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) on yet another significant victory for LGBTIQ people in Kenya. We stay with NGLHRC in celebrating the Supreme Court of Kenya’s decision this week to uphold its landmark judgment of February 24, , which ordered the authorities to grant NGLHRC to register as a non-governmental organization legally.

    This affirmation not only reinforces the Court's previous verdict but also affirms the critical importance of NGLHRC's work in promoting justice, equality, and the protection of LGBTIQ people’s human rights in Kenya. Over the last ten years, the organization’s commitment and dedication have been instrumental in challenging routine discrimination, violence, and other human rights violations faced by LGBTI Kenyans.

    After Kenya’s NGO Board denied NGLHRC the right to register in because its name included the words “gay” and “lesbia

    National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission Legal Aid Centre (NGLHRC)

    Areas of Verb

    Founded in by a group of LGBTIQ Kenyan lawyers, the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission Legal Aid Centre (NGLHRC) aims at promoting and protecting the equality and inclusion of LGBTIQ individuals and communities in Kenya and advance their meaningful participation in society. The NGLHRC has been key in responding to torture in Kenya by providing a coordinated national legal aid response mechanism for LGBTIQ community across the country. Its main activities incorporate legal aid, strategic litigation, public advocacy and training and civic education on the rights and needs of sexual and gender minorities in Kenya.

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    National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission Legal Aid Centre (NGLHRC)
    Mpulla Home office No. 4, Arboretum Drive, Nairobi Kenya