Kenyan Court Upholds Forced Anal Testing in Homosexuality Cases

A Kenyan court upheld the use of anal testing to “prove homosexuality” Thursday. Justice Matthew Emukule of Mombasa’s high court ruled that anal testing is a “reasonable and legitimate” means to prove what he called “unnatural sex.”   His ruling was in response to a constitutional challenge brought in November of last year by the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.   “This is heart-wrenching in so many ways," said Eric Gitari, the commission’s director. He...

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