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ArticleFrontiers in sociology2025

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Emmy Kageha Igonya, Ebenezer Kwesi Armah-Ansah, Winstoun Muga, Kristefer Stojanovski

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Article in Frontiers in sociology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Emmy Kageha IgonyaAfrican Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Nairobi, Kenya.
Ebenezer Kwesi Armah-AnsahSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Winstoun MugaAfrican Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Nairobi, Kenya.
Kristefer StojanovskiDepartment of Social, Behavioral and Population Sciences, Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Funding

University of Michigan Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training ProgramT37MD001425 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI BOULTON, MATTHEW LESTER · 2005 to 2025
$4.8M
NIMHD NIH HHS T37 MD001425
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: While migration studies have boomed, little is mentioned about internal displacement of queer persons. In Kenya, internal displacement of sexual and gender minorities is often overlooked and not well understood, which results in increased marginalization and vulnerabilities. The article provides an in-depth analysis of forced serial internal displacement trajectories of sexual and gender minorities, and its effect on navigating socialites and livelihoods. Methods: We draw on qualitative data conducted between 2010 and 2023 using participant observations, in-depth interviews, case histories, and focus group discussions with LGBTQ+ persons, as well as mothers and fathers of gay men in Kenya. We used a thematic approach and principles of interpretive anthropology to organize and describe the meaning of the data as a continuous process. Broader themes were identified from the beginning of the first study, resulting in the development of a codebook framework that was reiterated over time. Findings: Our findings show that sexual and gender minorities are forced into internal migration. Factors informing are located at the individual, interpersonal, institutional, and communal levels. We identified three main themes with eight subthemes. The main themes were (1) reasons for migration, which were often related to stigma, violence and oppression, (2) patterns of migration, which primarily had rural to urban patterns and instability, and (3) kinship, networks, and social systems, which required rebuilding, and gaining "respectability" from kin. Conclusion: There can be little doubt that sexual and gender minorities face stigma and discrimination across levels of the socioecological model, and that in most cases, there has been multiplied grievances and anti- LGBTQ+ activities instigating serial forced migration. Forced serial displacement of sexual and gender minorities in Kenya requires research attention, and it might be better served if examined through the lens of "forced migration," given the non-voluntary aspects of fleeing and displacement. Rethinking LGBTQ+ IDPs through the lens of coercion may better capture the lived experiences given the structural stigma and violence in which they live and cannot escape.

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internal displacementKenyaLGBTQ+migrationsexual and gender minoritiesstigma

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PMID40092056
PMCPMC11907648

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