Kawira, a dedicated LGBTIQ rights defender, used her creativity to advocate for the rights of both sexual and gender minorities; she channeled her advocacy efforts through use of art. One of her reputable projects, ‘To Revolutionary Type Love’ saw her create kangas featuring several celebrated LGBTIQ rights activists.
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Vijana na Children Foundation (VINACEF) invites all interested parties to partake in a webinar on on November 19th, 2020 between 9AM and 4PM (EAT). The webinar will be themed ‘Strengthening access to SRHR/HIV-friendly services among Key Population (KP) communities during and post the COVID-19 Global Pandemic for better health lives and wellbeing.’
A court in Nigeria, on Tuesday 27th October 2020, dismissed a case in which 47 adult men were charged under the country’s anti-gay law. The men were accused of public displays of affection with members of same sex.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, on 20th October, signed the Civil Union Amendment Bill removing the provision in the Civil Union Act that allowed government-employed marriage officers at the Department of Home Affairs to refuse to solemnise same-sex unions or marriages based on personal religious or moral objections.
“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.
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.