We are not broken however and we will continue to speak up and fight injustices that harm LGBTQ Ugandans.
Kuchu Times Editor
Although about 30 years ago the World Health Organisation-WHO declassified homosexuality as a mental health disorder many countries including Uganda continue to discriminate against LGBTQ people.
Self-reflection and wellness builds onto self-awareness, self-love and healing.
The victims were brutally stabbed to death or sexually abused through corrective gang rape or strangled and/or violently assaulted before being killed.
Everyone, everywhere, should be free to express who they are and love who they love without fear of violence or discrimination.
Lesbian Bisexual and Queer-LBQ women on several occasions are harassed by their partner’s friend and relatives but in most cases they let it slide because they are afraid of hurting their partner’s feelings at the expense of their dignity.
LGBT+ activists and allies in Ghana continue to oppose the Bill and are fighting to prevent its passage into law. To support this vital work, All Out and partners in Ghana, started a petition to the Constitution and Legal Affairs Committee, and the President of Ghana, to reject and dismiss the Bill.
Speaking of mental health May is mental health awareness month and we urge Ugandan LGBTQ people to be mindful of each other and to join us in the struggle to advocate for adequate mental health care whenever it’s needed.
As we reflect on basics this Mental health awareness month, it is important to expose or name the basic issues causing mental health struggles currently. 1 in 5 womn have faced sexual assault on some level and are left carrying this trauma years after these incidents have occurred. Here is a story from our correspondent in Gulu on sexual assault and the toll it has had on her mental health years later.
But on a sad note Rella Women’s Foundation was raided by the Local council leaders and the Uganda Police on 7th May 2022 at 4pm the LC came knocking on to the gate at the Rellatopia in Kisaasi Bukoto. On being questioned who was at the gate, they said they were the LC and had come for daily check in and a mandatory search among the people that were hosted at the Rella House of Hope shelter.