The ITF is pleased to announce our 5th grant cycle! We welcome applications from trans-led organizations with budgets below $150,000 USD based in any region of the world. The deadline to apply is December 4, 2020 at 5pm (ET/New York time).
Kuchu Times Editor
“Upendo ni Upendo” is Swahili and it means “Love is Love.” It is a campaign for LGBTQI rights in East Africa, mostly in countries with many Swahili speakers such as Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, DR Congo, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
Freedom and Roam Uganda is currently seeking Expressions of Interest for a board member for the position of membership representative. We are looking for individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences who are interested in helping us fulfill our mission of “to strengthen and mobilise visibility and collective organising power of LBQ women.
Ice Breakers Uganda, last week, released a crisis response guide specially tailored to address mental health challenges experienced by LGBTI individuals especially during this COVID-19 pandemic.
On Saturday the 17th of October 2020, Living Free UK in collaboration with Global Black Gay Men Connect, House of Rainbow, and African Equality Foundation will be hosting a virtual Symposium as part of Black History Month with the theme: Celebrating Black Excellence. “With an All Black Trans Panel, the event aims to have a meaningful conversation around intersectionality as well as […]
The whole campaign stems from the fact that sports is not a safe place to be gay. Many LGBT people avoid taking part in sports because they fear that they might be subjected to homophobic or transphobic abuse. LBTQ sports persons must battle stereotyping of feminine behaviour and there is often corresponding fear of being labelled to be gay.
Fem Alliance (FEMA) Uganda in partnership with Ice Breakers Uganda (IBU) commemorated the annual World Mental Health Day in Kampala on Saturday 10th October 2020 under the theme “Take A Step Forward”.
11th October is celebrated globally within the LGBTI community as International Coming Out Day. The day is an annual LGBT awareness day observed annually to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons to “come out of the closet”.
Today, we look back at some of the individuals we’ve profiled over the years and share their coming out stories.
The Kwan Hebwa project currently under the Hebwa (Empower Her) program will run in the next 6 months and seeks to promote gainful self-employment towards economic development and financial independence through appropriate skilling for the LBQ women.
8th October is International Lesbian Day, a celebration that initially started in New Zealand and Australia in 1990 and has now been adopted by the global LGBTI movement. The day is intended to celebrate lesbian culture, resilience, beliefs, struggles as well as their contribution to the movement as a whole.