Kenya lifts ban on lesbian film 'Rafiki' making it eligible for Oscars

By Damilola Odutayo, CNN

Updated 1731 GMT (0131 HKT) September 21, 2018

Supporters of LGBT at the University of the Philippines campus in Manila celebrate Pride Month on June 27, 2013.
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Supporters of LGBT at the University of the Philippines campus in Manila celebrate Pride Month on June 27, 2013.
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Christian demonstrators protest during a gay pride march in December, 2013, in Manila, Philippines.
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Christian demonstrators protest during a gay pride march in December, 2013, in Manila, Philippines.
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An activist in Hong Kong holds a placard with a slogan over the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a demonstration against Russia's anti-gay legislation on the day of the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in February, 2014.
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An activist in Hong Kong holds a placard with a slogan over the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a demonstration against Russia's anti-gay legislation on the day of the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in February, 2014.
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People in Madrid, Spain react to a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children in Spain in June, 2005.
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People in Madrid, Spain react to a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children in Spain in June, 2005.
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About 50 men accused of breaking laws covering obscenity and public morality cover their faces as they enter a state security court for their trial in Cairo, Egypt in July, 2001.
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About 50 men accused of breaking laws covering obscenity and public morality cover their faces as they enter a state security court for their trial in Cairo, Egypt in July, 2001.
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Then-Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin stands to vote in the House of Commons in Ottawa to pass the same sex marriage bill in June, 2005.
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Then-Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin stands to vote in the House of Commons in Ottawa to pass the same sex marriage bill in June, 2005.
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Tshepo Modisane and Thobajobe Sithole kiss at their wedding at Siva Sungum Hall in Kwadukuza, South Africa in April, 2013.
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