Julie Capelle

1 week ago | actu.orange.fr | Julie Capelle |Jackson Okata

"J’ai été agressée chez moi et j’ai failli être tuée. Le lendemain matin, j’ai dû partir", confie-t-elle, casquette vissée sur le chef, depuis un refuge caché derrière une haute barrière verte à Nairobi, où elle vit avec une dizaine d'autres personnes queer, surtout ougandaises.

1 week ago | barrons.com | Jackson Okata |Julie Capelle

Julie, a transgender woman, fled Uganda after her own family had her house burned down, but her initial hopes of finding refuge in neighbouring Kenya are fading. "My brothers incited villagers to attack me. I was physically assaulted several times," said the 32-year-old. AFP is only using her first name to protect her. One night in April 2018, her house was set on fire. "Luckily, I was not asleep and escaped through the back door," she said. Julie ended up in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp.

1 week ago | barrons.com | Julie Capelle

Before a cheering audience, a man opened the ball in Nairobi with acrobatic moves to electronic rhythms -- a celebration of queer resistance from a Kenyan LGBT community feeling threatened by new legislation. "Balls", where participants can vogue and catwalk with full freedom, were created by the Black and Latino gay and transgender community in the United States in the 1960s.

2 weeks ago | kdhnews.com | Julie Capelle

By Julie CAPELLE, Rose TROUP BUCHANAN AFP Kenyan security forces fired tear gas Thursday against protesters angry over a police killing, threatening to overshadow the government's attempts to pass a budget without sparking unrest. The government carefully prepared its new finance bill with the aim of avoiding the massive protests over tax hikes that engulfed Kenya a year ago.

2 weeks ago | mytexasdaily.com | Julie Capelle

Kenyan security forces fired tear gas Thursday against protesters angry over a police killing, threatening to overshadow the government's attempts to pass a budget without sparking unrest. The government carefully prepared its new finance bill with the aim of avoiding the massive protests over tax hikes that engulfed Kenya a year ago.