Petition Hearing On LGBTQ students’ Right To Education Set For 26th.On May 26, a petition on the Right to Education for LGBTQ students in Kenya will be heard in court.The petition is in response to what LGBTQ advocacy groups call discrimination against students who are presumed to be or identify as LGBTQ.In December 2021, Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha stated that LGBTQ students should attend day schools rather than boarding schools to avoid interaction with non-LGBTQ students.This infuriated lobbying groups and LGBTQ community members, who took to the streets in protest earlier this year.The National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) has now asked to be added to the petition as an interested party.The announcement was made in a newsletter detailing the Commission’s activities and engagements during the month of April.The Commission sought to be enjoined as an interested party on Petition 4 of 2022, which addresses the Right to Education and the best interests of juveniles presumed to be LGBTIQ+.They revealed that the case was mentioned on April 25 and was scheduled to be heard later this month.The Commission stated that the petition was in its early stages and that they were working to raise awareness of the plight of LGBTQ students.“The Commission is working with other organisations and partners to show the harmful effects of discrimination against learners based on their real or imputed Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression,” they said.CS Magoha later clarified his controversial remarks, stating that what he said did not constitute a directive for schools to expel LGBTQ students.“We have no problems with homosexuals who do their business out in the streets. but if you are like the ones we have found, you move from one bed to another, we have proclaimed that those ones shall be day scholars,” he said.Lobby groups, on the other hand, had already labeled him an enemy of the LGBTQ community.The community demanded that Magoha attend LGBTQ affirming training provided by LGBTQ organizations and groups during their protest.“The training will broaden his knowledge of the LGBTQ community and their experiences and lives,” they said.Petition Hearing On LGBTQ students’ Right To Education Set For 26th
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