June 2016

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An Open Letter of Support to the Orlando Shooting Victims

I genuinely do not understand how one person can look at another person and not see all of that. How can they look at someone and not imagine the lives they would have touched or changed just by simply existing? How they can look at another person and decide they are wrong for loving someone? Anyone who’s ever experienced any kind of love knows how wonderfully indescribably that feeling can be. I can’t fathom wanting to take that away from anyone.

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Rahul’s journey to unearth the hidden secrets beneath Mwanga’s motive of killing the Uganda Martyrs

By Barigye Ambrose. Rahul Rao is a senior lecturer in politics under the department of politics and international studies, also works at School of Oriental & African Studies in the University of London. Rahul Rao has research interests in international relations theory, the international relations of South Asia, comparative political thought, and gender and sexuality. […]

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Letter from 31 Ugandan and International Organizations

RE: Break-ins targeting offices of Ugandan human rights organizations Gen. Kale Kayihura Inspector General of Police Uganda Police Force Kampala, Uganda June 13, 2016 Dear General Kayihura, We, the undersigned national and international organizations engaged in various ways in work in Uganda, are writing to express our grave concern about a wave of break-ins targeting […]

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Five LGBTI Identifying Kenyans Drag State to Court over Discriminatory Laws

Five homosexuals, including a Kisumu based priest, have moved to court over discriminatory acts against them based on their sexual orientation. The homosexuals, together with two lobby groups – Gay and Lesbians Coalition of Kenya and  Nyanza, Western and Rift Valley network – and the Kenya Human Rights Commission have sued the state. They allege […]

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LIVING POSITIVELY WITH HIV: Joseph Kawesi’s Determination to Make a Difference in the Lives of Transwomen

Kawesi confesses that most of her straight childhood friends have deserted her for being a transgender woman but this has not deterred her from pursuing her dreams. .As a result of Joseph’s intense advocacy work, there has been a slight change in the mindset of some people in the Bwaise slums in regard to LGBTI issues