NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — African literary light Binyavanga Wainaina says he's known he was gay since he was 5 though he did not have a homosexual encounter until he was 39. To celebrate his 43rd birthday, the prize-winning Kenyan has published an online essay telling the world that he is gay. His story contributes to an increasingly fierce debate
Gay Kenyan Author Speaks Out
Wainaina’s essay, painful to read, this week announced what he wishes he had told his mother before she died 14 years ago: “I am a homosexual, mum.”