How dangerous is Kenya?

Kenya is planning to carry out a census to establish how many homosexuals are there?

• Later on this year to curb HIV/AIDS and I'm hoping to be back home so that I can be counted. Some worry about their identity and say they'll come out to be counted if the names are anonymous. There've been worries on who's handling the data, and the fact that it's illegal in Kenya therefore it could be a trap to identify the homosexuals and jail them. The government claims no politician will have access to the info even though being gay is against the law. There are also worries of how the census will be carried out ie will they get the correct figures, will gays identify themselves wherever they're hiding, and if the figures are incorrect and low religious fanatics will use it as "evidence" that being gay is a "choice". There's irony to it cause it's still illegal and many gays are denied healthcare. Kenya has alot more to worry about too. What are your thoughts?

• Answer:

  Yea, all the gay folk are going to rush into it saying, "Me too. me too." Not. There was a similar "survey" done in the UK only some months ago. A tiny handful of people were asked on the street: "Do you identify as homosexual?" I am suprised that even 1 per cent said, "Yes", but cetain newspapers (which had probably funded the "survey") reported a tiny minority with glee. The Kenyan politicians are playing with fire. As many folk are totally gay as are left-handed, i.e. 17 per cent. And another 17 per cent are usually homosexual. That makes 34 per cent., i.e. enough to sink an elected government. Only a few years ago, the Prime minister of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany was facing re-election. He had a very comfortable majority, but chose to make sure of winning by "outing" his opponent. He lost in a landslide defeat. In the 1990s, Margaret Thatcher, a very competent stateswoman supported by all my gay friends, thought she'd be witty and spoke with contempt about "homos and provos". My friends dropped their support. She was deserted by her own party and nudged out of office. Moral: There are more gay people around than any politician dreams of; and many heterosexuals want to see some fairness in public life. Politicians disregard this at their expense. By the way, HIV is not AIDS, and most of those testing positive in Afrca are black heterosexual women.