The recent proposal by the United Nations to close UNAIDS by the end of 2026 has raised alarm among health advocates worldwide. While it may appear to be a matter of restructuring international institutions, for Ugandans this decision could have far-reaching consequences. UNAIDS has been more than just a UN body — it has been […]
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Dubai sells itself as a city of dreams—a glittering paradise where fortunes are made and lives are transformed. But behind the neon skyline, a darker reality thrives in the shadows. At the centre of one of the most shocking recent revelations is Charles “Abbey” Mwesigwa, a Ugandan man once behind the wheel of a London […]
When Jude Dibia published Walking With Shadows in 2005, he did something extraordinary: he told the story of a gay Nigerian man as a human being, not a cautionary tale. For West African literature — and for queer readers — it was a rupture, a revelation, and, ultimately, a spark that still burns today. A Radical […]
On September 2, 2025, Burkina Faso’s transitional parliament passed a sweeping reform to its Persons and Family Code, criminalizing homosexuality for the first time in the country’s history. Under the new law, acts deemed to “promote homosexual practices” carry sentences of two to five years in prison, steep fines, and even deportation for foreign nationals. […]
Kampala, September 2025—When Indiana’s Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith declared that the separation of church and state is “a dangerous falsehood weaponised to dismantle our Republic,” many Americans were shocked. For LGBTQ Ugandans, however, this kind of rhetoric feels disturbingly familiar—because we’ve lived through the consequences of politicians blurring the line between religion and governance. The […]
A Familiar Song with a Different Tune Reading about Christian nationalist influence in American schools, mandating biblical teachings, defunding public schools, and injecting religious doctrine into curricula—echoes too closely the patterns once seen in Uganda, albeit with different contours. In the U.S., public schools, long pillars of inclusive, secular education, are becoming battlegrounds, facing challenges […]
To listen to Chimano is to hear the story of countless queer Ugandans who cannot speak for themselves.
When Kenya’s High Court delivered its landmark ruling on August 26, 2025, ordering the government to legislate for transgender protections, it wasn’t just a legal victory—it was a profound cultural landmark. From Kampala, where LGBTQ+ life exists under the unyielding Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 that casts long shadows over queer existence, this milestone in Nairobi resonates […]
The recent erasure of the Pulse nightclub memorial crosswalk reveals troubling parallels between American evangelical influence and Uganda’s own battles for LGBTQ rights In the cover of darkness on a Wednesday night in August, Florida transportation crews painted over a rainbow crosswalk that had served as a memorial to the 49 people killed in […]
Germany is facing a thorny legal and social controversy that lies at the intersection of justice, gender identity, and extremism. The case of Marla-Svenja Liebich has ignited heated debate: should a convicted trans right-wing extremist serve time in a women’s prison—or a men’s one? In July 2023, the Halle District Court in Saxony-Anhalt sentenced Liebich […]