Brian Pearls

Your opinion is like your bank account - insufficient.

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

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

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👇🏽 galck.org/wp-content/upl…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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@Sherr_16 #WhineDown

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. healthgap.org/pepfar-cant-ke…

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

Happy birthday @BrianPearls @trevmerlin @YveeOduor

None of us is Free until all of us are Free

@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. 🙂🙂

@darrylstephens @RodneyChester5 No, @darrylstephens is literally the blueprint. I know there’s people who came before you but for me, you were the introduction to positive Black gay tv representation and this is me giving you your flowers 🌺 🌸 @BrianPearls is a witness

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 🇰🇪🏳️‍🌈