FASHION communication and strategist Diana Opoti has written to President Uhuru Kenyatta urging him to review his stand regarding homosexuals in Kenya.
Opoti – who is currently running the second edition of her fashion initiative dubbed 100 Days of African Fashion – took to Facebook saying that homosexuals deserve to be treated fairly.
She wrote (verbatim): “Dear Mr President...I’m a straight woman ...I interact with gay and straight people alike. Our sexuality hardly comes up in conversation, we mostly exist as friends...coworkers ...partners...assuming a world of equality. You know...they don’t bite...sting...or offend us in any way. They want the same things we do..to be with the person they love. Why is that such a mission?”
“But you feel that “the majority in our society yes, do not wish to legalize, yes, this issue of gay rights.” Who’s the majority? Did we vote? Do you realize that your statement stamps the fate of many gay people who are then ostracized? Did we vote?
Who is the majority? Who gives us the right to judge and malign others of a different sexual orientation? Confused Kenyan citizen/ #NotTheMajority (sic),” she said.
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