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LGBTQI REFUGEES IN KAKUMA MARCH TO UNHCR OFFICES, VIOLENCE ENSUES

A violent altercation occurred during the march and several refugees were attacked. It is unclear at this point whether the attacks were from police or civilians (or both), or what provoked the violence. One refugee (who would prefer to remain anonymous due to detainment) stated that local police were first to take aggressive action against the marchers and members of the community then joined the attacks.

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16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM: FARUG ADOPTS COMMUNITY BASED APPROACH FOR GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

“… And it being a society that is enshrined in patriarchal tendencies, these men often feel threatened by the presence of women that are masculine. So, they tend to use sexual assault and unwanted sexual advances as a way to make these LBQ women subordinate to them by threatening them because they feel like them presenting as queer is a threat to their manhood.”

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ANTI GAY POLITICIAN APPLAUDED FOR SLAMMING LGBT ISSUES AS PARLIAMENTARIANS FUEL PRESSURE TO RETABLE ANTI HOMOSEXUAITY LAW

While several parliamentarians emphasized that homosexuality is not a human right but a sickness, the Bufumbira East MP, Nsaba Buturo who moved the motion to applaud Kadaga insisted that parliament should persuade the government to deal firmly with NGO entities that support LGBT rights in Uganda.