Goodreads asked The Nest Collective:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

The Nest Collective We started a documentary research project - which was called "Stories of Our Lives" from the beginning! - to document the lives of Kenyans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex. We were interested in exploring queer consciousness, ambition and expression in daily interactions with family, friends, schools, workplaces, religions, ideas for the future and diverse social contexts.

We collected over 250 anonymous audio stories from 9 cities and towns in Kenya, and wanted to find a way to share them. One way we did so was with a film - we selected and shot 5 of the stories we had collected and presented them as an anthology of short vignettes - which has been seen around the world and been very warmly received. (You can read more about that here - http://bit.ly/1HrDfrg.) We then decided to present the greater part of this archive in the form of a book, and then selected and transcribed the interviews with some help from our friends. We only edited them to remove identifying details - the stories here are exactly as they were told to us. Stories of lovers, rebels and fighters.

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