Bonga Ikutoke – Queer Sports Wellness Program (2025)
A community-led sports and wellness initiative that positioned sport as a space for healing, expression, and belonging for LBQIGNC youth.
The program combined physical activity with mental wellness, peer dialogue, documentary production and mentorship, creating safe and affirming environments for participation without fear of policing or discrimination.
Advancing Menstrual Justice, Body Autonomy & Digital Safety through Inclusive Sports
The tournament was a historic, first-of-its-kind national football wellness tournament that brought together LBQITGNC athletes from across the country to participate openly, safely, and with dignity in a mainstream sporting space.
Convened by Youth for Change Network (YCN), the tournament was hosted at a national stadium, marking a powerful moment of visibility, recognition, and rights-claiming for queer and gender-diverse communities in Kenyan sport.
Designed as a two-day inclusive sports program intentionally combined competitive football with structured education and dialogue on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), menstrual justice, bodily autonomy, and digital safety.
By integrating learning with play, the initiative challenged the exclusionary norms that often render women and queer bodies unsafe or unwelcome in sports, particularly within formal and public sporting infrastructure.
YCNQ FC – Community Football & Visibility Project (2025)
A visibility and inclusion initiative supporting a queer-led football team to participate in a mainstream inter-estate tournament in Nakuru East. The project challenged exclusion in public sporting spaces and asserted queer presence, competence, and leadership through competition.
Climate Justice & Environmental Solidarity – World Environment Day Participation
A collaborative climate justice initiative in which YCN partnered with other civil society organizations to mark World Environment Day, centering the intersections between climate justice, gender, and social inclusion.
Through public engagement, dialogue, and visibility actions, YCN amplifies the voices of young women and LBQIGNC communities in environmental spaces where they are often excluded. The project emphasized that climate change disproportionately affects marginalized communities and that climate action must be feminist, youth-led, and inclusive to be just and effective.
Human Rights, SOGIE Education & GBV Prevention Training (2025)
A capacity-strengthening project focused on legal literacy, gender-based violence prevention, and digital safety for LBQIGNC and gender non-conforming youth. The training combined rights education with psychosocial support and collective healing practices.