The work of Human Rights Advocates is indispensable and hence their struggles can’t be ignored, which is why there is a need to consider the establishment of regular programs that can address issues of stress and other related mental health issues.
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“The Tunisian authorities have no business meddling in people’s private sexual practices, brutalizing and humiliating them under the guise of enforcing discriminatory laws. Tunisia should abolish its antiquated anti sodomy laws and respect everyone’s right to privacy.”
Such injustices have forced sexual minorities in Myanmar to live closeted lives, a reality not different from the current wave of occurrences against the LGBT community in Tanzania.
Like several anti-LGBT supporters in Uganda, the Coalition For The Happiness of Our Next Generation claims that the idea of same sex marriage entirely undermines society’s moral principles and values, stipulating that marriage must be strictly between man and woman.
The EU spokeswoman, Susanne Mbise said in a statement that, “The EU regrets the deterioration of the human rights and rule of law situation in Tanzania and will be conducting a broad review of its relations with Tanzania.”
“… my class teacher, when I was 8, she told me that I have lesbian tendencies. The word was too big for me so I didn’t care what it meant and she didn’t elaborate. She just said that I will be chased out of Uganda! And for me, that’s what caught my attention. Chased out of Uganda!? Where would I go? This is the only place I know…”
The current turn of events in Tanzania has frightened the LGBT community in East Africa and can propagate campaigns against homosexuality in the entire African continent.
“The theme was about solidarity,” Beyonce Karungi, the Executive Director of Trans Equality Uganda told Kuchu Times. “As a Transgender and sex work activist in solidarity, we advocated for the inclusion of Male and Transgender sex workers in the National HIV programming and we believe that this will be worked on,” she added.
It is based on this background that on Friday 28th October 2018, Vinacef Uganda organized a community HIV testing outreach at Angels Refugee Support Association Group which is a refugee camp for displaced key populations in Kampala.