US Right-Wing, Pro-Family Movements in East Africa

Furthering Legislation That Fuels Health Inequities Among Sexual and Gender Minority Persons Assigned Female Sex at Birth in Western Kenya

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ID11034118
AuthorsHeather M Tucker (0000-0003-2565-1996, Heather M. Tucker is with the Center for Global Health Equity, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Anita Mbanda and Rebecca Odhiambo are with Women Empower and Mentor All, Kisumu, Kenya. Gary W. Harper is with the Department of Health Behavior & Health Equity, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.), Anita Mbanda (Heather M. Tucker is with the Center for Global Health Equity, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Anita Mbanda and Rebecca Odhiambo are with Women Empower and Mentor All, Kisumu, Kenya. Gary W. Harper is with the Department of Health Behavior & Health Equity, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.), Rebecca Odhiambo (Heather M. Tucker is with the Center for Global Health Equity, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Anita Mbanda and Rebecca Odhiambo are with Women Empower and Mentor All, Kisumu, Kenya. Gary W. Harper is with the Department of Health Behavior & Health Equity, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.), G W Harper (0000-0003-1011-1751, Heather M. Tucker is with the Center for Global Health Equity, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Anita Mbanda and Rebecca Odhiambo are with Women Empower and Mentor All, Kisumu, Kenya. Gary W. Harper is with the Department of Health Behavior & Health Equity, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.)
Year2025
Volume115
Issue8
Pages1264-1270
Publication date2025-08-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2025.308099
PMID40340464
OpenAlexW4410201534
LanguageEN
References cited13

Neocolonial US right-wing actors have targeted sexual and reproductive health and rights and sexual and gender minority rights in Kenya, influencing support for the Family Protection Bill, which is currently sitting in the Kenyan parliament and, if enacted, would further criminalize sexual and gender minority persons. We focus on how sexual and gender minority persons assigned female sex at birth in Kenya are at the intersection of these assaults on sexual and reproductive health and sexual and gender minority rights and already experience negative health outcomes because of discrimination, barriers to sexual and reproductive health care, and other effects owing to criminalization. ( Am J Public Health. 2025;115(8):1264–1270. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308099 )

Criminalization · Environmental health · Kenya · Legislation · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Population · Public health · Reproductive health · Reproductive rights · Sexual minority · Sexual orientation · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Gender Studies · Law · Medicine · Sex work and related issues

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