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Ken Macharia (centre) with supporters (left to right) Gareth Williams, Joseph Butler, Murray Jones and Przemek Szczodry from the Bristol Bisons rugby team
The big talking points ahead of this week’s action
A GAY rugby player is calling on Home Secretary Sajid Javid to prevent his deportation to Kenya where he will likely face prosecution because of his sexuality.
Ken Macharia, 39, has lived in Britain since 2009 when he came to study a masters degree at the University of West England, Bristol.
The Home Office rejected his asylum claim in 2016, claiming Kenya is a safe place for LGBT people despite the fact the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) warns British travellers to the country that “homosexual activity is illegal.”
MATTHEW HAWKINS welcomes an engaging and nourishing account of the queer subculture that flourished in London between WWII and partial decriminalisation
Legal frameworks designed to safeguard women are too often weaponised against them, reinforcing male power and entrenching injustice. The FiLiA Ending MVAWG Team highlight some of the issues
MARJORIE MAYO welcomes an account of family life after Oscar Wilde, a cathartic exercise, written by his grandson