#JusticeForSheila highlights the precarious lives of queer people in Kenya

By Awino Okech, Associate professor in political sociology, SOAS, University of London

Kenya is one of 32 countries in Africa that criminalise homosexuality. People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) are frequently stigmatised, shamed and assaulted. The hashtags calling for action against the murder of queer people – like the most recent #JusticeForSheila – continue to trend on social media. We asked gender studies professor Awino Okech to tell us about…

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~	As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’

~	The National Aboriginal Hockey Championship celebrates the strength of Indigenous sporting communities

~	An outsider on the inside: how Ans Westra created New Zealand’s ‘national photo album’

~	Controversial ‘Steal from Loblaws Day’ is not just illegal — it won’t foster meaningful change

~	A ‘conservation conundrum’ – when rat control to conserve one species threatens another

~	Yes, adults can develop food allergies. Here are 4 types you need to know about

~	Martha isn’t Baby Reindeer’s biggest villain. So why is she painted as such?

~	First Nations imprisonment is already at a record high. Unless government policy changes, it will only get worse

~	War games risk stirring up troubled waters as Philippines − emboldened by US − squares up to Beijing at sea

~	Guatemala: Amnesty International condemns yet another unjustified delay in trial of prisoner of conscience Virginia Laparra