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Jojibaro whose real name is George Wanaswa Barasa wa Munyua is an International Human Rights Activist and artist from Kenya. Jojibaro is a combination of short form of George and Barasa to make his stage name. A Prominent LGBTIQ figure in Africa, he was outed by The Star newspaper in 2011 as a Gay man who was dating a Catholic Priest before coming out in 2013 as first Kenyan artist to come out both as gay and HIV Positive. In 2014, he caused controversy when he posted on facebook an invitation for gays to attend the church he Co founded, Cosmopolitan Affirming Church. He is well known for appearing in the viral #thefirstkenyangayvideo a remake of Same Love by Art Attack in 2016. The song was banned by Kenya Film and Classification Board(KFCB) and was announced through a tweet on twitter, a warrant of arrest was issued to those who participated in the production. Ezekiel Mutua the then Director of KFCB demanded YouTube to pull down the song but Google was adamant and instead put an advisory notice on the video effectively contributing to censorship. The tweet caused the music video to go viral across many social media including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube triggering a #kenyangayvideo conversation about LGBTIQ Rights in Kenya and around the world gaining attention of the original maker of Same Love song Macklemore. While confronting the KFCB Director, Ezekiel Mutua confused him with a lady to which he responded in a now popular remarks, "I am not Madam, My name is Jojibaro!" They as he also like to be preferred as a non binary person, his life was in danger and in 2017 he fled to South Africa and Claimed asylum which was rejected. Canada heard about his plea through UN and in 2019, he was flown to Toronto ending years of living in limbo and uncertainty. Jojibaro went back to school in 2020 and he is now an undergraduate student, pursuing a degree program in Human Rights and Equity.