September 5th, 2025 marked a pivotal moment in Uganda’s approach to aging and social security as the Kaka Proud Legends Initiative (KPLI) hosted the Community and Partners Convening on Aging and Social Security 2025. The event brought together stakeholders, community leaders, healthcare providers, and advocates to address the unique challenges faced by aging marginalized populations […]
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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 […]
As Uganda approaches its 2026 general elections, much of the public discourse focuses on candidates, party alliances, and the promise of democratic renewal. Yet, for LGBTQ Ugandans, the ballot box represents something very different: a heightened period of fear and exposure. In a country where queer identities are criminalised and stigmatised, elections are not about […]
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 […]
As we celebrate Queer Legacy Month, we honour the courage of those who paved the way In the pantheon of LGBTQ+ rights pioneers, few figures embody the spirit of fearless advocacy and transformative leadership quite like Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera. As Uganda’s most visible lesbian activist, the founder of Freedom and Roam Uganda (FARUG), and the […]
“Being Alive is Our Biggest Achievement”: New Report Exposes Harsh Realities for LBQ Womxn in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda — August 22, 2025A new report has laid bare the struggles of lesbian, bisexual and queer (LBQ) womxn in Uganda, revealing how state-sanctioned homophobia and entrenched discrimination are pushing communities to the margins of survival. Titled “Navigating Law and Marginality: An Afro-Feminist Analysis of Ugandan Womxn’s Interactions with the Law,” the study traces […]