Brian Pearls

An agile and passionate young urbanite, journalist, LGBQ activist and Feminist.

[Brian Pearls @BrianPearls]

Your opinion is like your bank account - insufficient.

[Brian Pearls @BrianPearls]

Cutting funding the KP #HIV response is insensitive and genocidal. It shows #PEPFAR has misplaced priorities & is out of touch with science. #SW
#PWUD
#LGBTQ
#HIV @USAmbGHSD #StopTheKPCuts @US_SE_LGBTQI @AsstSecStateAF @AfricaMediaHub @USEmbassyKenya @USAmbKenya @HealthGAP

[Brian Pearls @BrianPearls]

Our communities are under attack & being driven away from health services as #PEPFAR is cutting funding for life-saving #LGBTQ #HIV programs. It makes no sense. @USAmbGHSD #StopTheKPCuts today!’ @US_SE_LGBTQI @AsstSecStateAF @AfricaMediaHub @USEmbassyKenya @USAmbKenya @HealthGAP

[galck+ @galckplus]

The report titled “Shame Is Not A Cure” documents the existence and extent of so-called conversion “therapy” among LGBTIAQ+ people in Kenya.

Please find it here👇🏽
https://t.co/zgQTogJQY3

[Ronald Agaba Jr 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇬 @ronnieagabajr]

I am already criminalised, my existence as a Gay Ugandan is criminal. So, there is nothing you can intimadate me with anymore. Before you imprison me for life or even kill me, the fight for my rights as a gay Ugandan is the language I speak.
#SayNoToAHA23
#StandUp4HumanRights

[Brian Pearls @BrianPearls]

What the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do it to yourself ~ Jame
Baldwin.
The effects of Queerphobia are many, and violence is one of them.
@gender_ke @NPSC_KE @CCGD_KE @CREAWKenya @covaw @ICJKenya @Zamara_fdn

[Brian Pearls @BrianPearls]

The murder of Edwin Chiloba has centered gender-based violence and IPV, let us continue these conversations outside of just social media.@ntvkenya @citizentvkenya @MediaCouncilK @NationMediaGrp @K24Tv @StandardKenya @NationBreaking @CapitalFMKenya
#BreakTheCycleOfViolence

[Brian Pearls @BrianPearls]

How truly unjust it is, that living your truth and being your most genuine self is an act of rebellion that can end in your death. #BreakTheCycleOfViolence
#ProtectQueerKenyans
#JusticeForEdwinChiloba
#JusticeForSheilaLumumba #JusticeForJoashMosoti #JusticeForEricaChandra

[Brian Pearls @BrianPearls]

Structural and institutionalized homophobia and transphobia are the reason LGBTQ+ Kenyans are afraid to report violence meted upon them. Perpetrators are not held accountable and this continues the cycle.
#BreakTheCycleOfViolence
#ProtectQueerKenyans

[galck+ @galckplus]

We don't have to wait for Queer Kenyans to become another # for you to care. Stand up for Queer Kenyans, speak up for Queer Kenyans.
@WilliamsRuto @OleItumbi @InteriorKE @PSYGKenya @FaithKasiva @Kenyajudiciary
#BreakTheCycleOfViolence
#JusticeForEdwinChiloba

[galck+ @galckplus]

We are more than just news headlines!

We are living and breathing human beings with families, with hopes and dreams!

Enough is enough! 🏳️‍🌈🇰🇪

#BreakTheCycleOfViolence
#JusticeForEdwinChiloba
#JusticeForSheilaLumumba
#JusticeForJoashMosoti
#JusticeForEricaChandra

[Brian Pearls @BrianPearls]

We need to Acknowledge that homophobic laws, communities and leaders actually endorse & perpetuate this violence! These two things are very much connected. So next time you say something homophobic, excuse a leader for dismissing LGBTQ+ rights
#BreakTheCycleOfViolence

[Brian Pearls @BrianPearls]

Waaah! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Ole Teya @TeyaKevin]

Dhambi ya Esther haikuwa mchezo

[Brian Pearls @BrianPearls]

@Sherr_16 #WhineDown

[Health GAP @HealthGAP]

The #HIV response is faltering in Kenya. For Key Populations, the off-track response is a crisis.

Read our newest blog from @BrianPearls about where things stand and what @PEPFAR must do during Kenya's planning process for its 2023 work plan. https://t.co/vrUMGo0AgE

[Brian Pearls @BrianPearls]

@kellykigera @trevmerlin @YveeOduor Thanks y’all for coming through!

[Solome Nakaweesi (She/Her)ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ @SonaKimb]

None of us is Free until all of us are Free

[Brian Pearls @BrianPearls]

@YveeOduor @darrylstephens @RodneyChester5 So true @YveeOduor both @darrylstephens and @RodneyChester5 and the entire #NoahsArc team have been and continue to be beacons of black gay TV excellence. I would rewatch the show all the time to remind myself that I’m not alone, and it always worked. 🙂🙂

[galck+ @galckplus]

We want to congratulate @kevmwachiro for bagging an award at this year's #upindeawards2021 hosted by @NGLHRC. The Award (Healing through Creativity) is presented to a person, organization, or platform that uses creativity as a site of activism. #afroqueer 🇰🇪🏳️‍🌈