The late award-winning and profilic writer Binyavanga Wainaina was openly gay. And I anted to share my happiest with you.” Now this is going to get ugly, but that’s okay.
That being said, Patrick Miami (yes, he took my name) is my primary life partner and I’m proud to be his. We maintain an ethically polyamorous situation because monogamy gives us both migraines. But after months of us looking at options for what companionship would look like, especially seeing as travel isn’t exactly easy for us, we settled on going for it. In fact, neither of us believed in marriage. He’s got all the things, kindness, courage, honesty etc, but, while why all this is all fine and great, that is not why I married him. Silas, who leads a private life, shared online that he’s married to Patrick, though they will maintain an open relationship “ I met and married someone just under a year ago. The once profilic news anchor Louis Otieno has a son, Silas Miami who is gay. It was a polarizing post, which got a frenzy of hate comments but the likes of Patricia Kihoro, Muthoni Drummer Queen among others came out in support. Love y’all,” This is what popular illustrator and digital artist Ed Wainaina tweeted earlier this year when he came out. Will you accept me? My dp has the colours, I just had to find the right time. He was clad in a t-shirt with the words, “ Let’s get one thing straight, I’m not.” He got support from his followers with the likes of stylist Brian Babu also throwing his support behind Frankie. The designer, Franklin Saiyalel popularly known as Kenyan stylista came out recently on his social media pages. She parted ways with her then fiancé, Sun Man, last year.
The media personality and fashionista has always been vocal about LGBTQI+ persons and also refers to herself as an advocate. When she tweeted that she faced discrimination for being LGBTQI+, she inadvertently came out. Offensive comments always accompany some of these coming out posts but there is always overwhelming support.
Kenyan celebrities and personalities who are Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, pansexual and kinks ( LGBTIQIAPK) have in the past few years been bold enough to come out.