Will lobbyists manage to alter Kenya's firm stand on gays?

Members of the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya protest during a previous ruling at the High court.[David Gichuru,Standard]

It is an indisputable fact that the presence of powerful forces of international gay and lesbian movements is now a reality in most parts of Africa. More freedom of press, widespread use of the Internet and social media, as well as trade liberalisation, are increasingly producing an engendered form of globalisation in Africa, which in turn is accelerating internationalisation of sexual rights and identities. Emboldened LGBTs caused a profound cultural shock during the 2007 World Social Forum in Nairobi by coming out publicly to demand their rights, and to declare that they were not ashamed of their sexual orientation.