Love, resistance, and survival—read the voices that are reshaping Uganda’s fight for an AIDS-free 2030 What does it mean to choose yourself when the world demands you disappear? The latest edition of Bombastic Magazine answers that question through the raw, unfiltered voices of LGBTQ+ Ugandans living with HIV—people who’ve turned pain into power, stigma into strength, and silence into a … Read More
Exciting Career Opportunity: Finance Manager at Rights4Her
Application Deadline: November 21, 2025 Rights4Her, a leading organization dedicated to advancing women’s rights and empowerment, is seeking a qualified Finance Manager to join their dynamic team. This is an exceptional opportunity for finance professionals passionate about making a meaningful impact in the non-profit sector while advancing their careers. About the Role The Finance Manager position offers the chance to … Read More
Ugandan Politicians Are Exporting Homophobia as Electoral Strategy and Calling It a Win
Election season is here, and like clockwork, Ugandan politicians have dusted off their favorite campaign strategy: screaming about the gays. It’s so predictable you could set your watch by it. Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, campaigning in Bukedea, recently declared that Museveni is the hero who decreed “a man should marry a woman,” while “these people of opposition are saying … Read More
LOVE WON AGAIN — EVEN AS RIGHTS FALL
LOVE WON AGAIN — EVEN AS RIGHTS FALL In a world increasingly defined by the rollback of hard-won freedoms, a quiet but powerful victory for equality emerged this week from the United States. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to revisit Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark 2015 decision that recognized same-sex marriage as a constitutional right. The Court’s … Read More
AQNet Launches Groundbreaking SRHR Research for LBTQ Women Despite Hostile Climate
Africa Queer Network (AQNet) on Tuesday launched a landmark research study documenting the sexual and reproductive health experiences of LBTQ women across Uganda, marking a significant milestone in evidence-based advocacy despite the challenging legal environment. The launch event brought together a diverse group of stakeholders including community members and beneficiaries, health workers, legal experts, and community leaders to discuss the … Read More
Martin Ssempa: Pastor of Hate
In our previous article about the Makerere University row that ensued at Mitchell Hostel, when holier-than-thou boys turned against their fellow students, accusing them of homosexuality, thus subjecting them to mob justice before the university police operatives quelled the situation, we discussed the deteriorating academic values—tolerance and independent thinking—at the institution. Of course, many people who were following the incident … Read More
She Made Space for Us When No One Else Would—Now DJ Rachael Needs Our Help
Before organizations had names. Before we had the words to call ourselves a movement. There was music. There was a place to breathe. There was DJ Rachael. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Uganda’s queer community was scattered, hidden, and surviving however we could. There were almost no safe places to just exist. But in Kampala, a small bar … Read More
A Leaked Video, and the Proof That Uganda’s Laws Endanger Everyone
Over the weekend, leaked nude videos of a TikToker called “Chicken, Chicken” hit X and TikTok, and Uganda’s internet lost its collective mind. Thousands of amateur detectives started examining birthmarks, analyzing rooms, comparing body types like they were solving a murder mystery instead of participating in someone’s public humiliation. Fun times. Then Minister of State for Youth Balaam Barugahara decided … Read More
Mitchell Hall: Makerere University Has Failed as an Educational Institution
Makerere University is the oldest and largest institution of higher learning in Uganda, established in 1922, and for so many years, it has produced great minds, including political, academic, professional, and literary people. Yet with such an interesting history, the university has regressed more than it has progressed. While education’s sole essence is to unlearn and question concepts, be they … Read More
Opinion: The Horror of the AfghanTaliban’s Threat Against Women and the Global Imperative to Act
Nothing articulates the vilest threat to human dignity quite like a settled government broadcasting the return of primitive, medieval-style justice, with women once again facing death by stoning. Reports from early 2024 reveal that Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada explicitly announced the re introduction of public stoning—alongside flogging—for women accused of adultery. Statements including “We will stone them to death in … Read More