One thing that must be noted here is the fact that I have not really come out to the public about my sexuality. Therefore, my immediate family has been as close as ever more so with the arrival of our son, they want more interaction with him. They believe me and my partner are just close friends. Apart from that, all seems well to me though we can’t read people’s minds.
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Shivan told Kuchu Times that the incident at Venom and the utterances by Father Lokodo triggered this project. She says it was after Lokodo’s statement that she realized that LGBTI Ugandans are treated like second-class citizens who have no right to gather or assemble.
In the period of my questioning, I don’t know the exact moment it happened but during my first term of Senior six when I came back to school after the long holiday, two weeks into that term I remember some loud classmate pointing me out as a lesbian, when I asked why, she answered “don’t you see your clothes, the ill fitting pants, the haircuts you wear,” she retorted.
Omotoshi Kehinde, a gay man from Nigeria, said, “This organisation has helped to understand that LGBTI rights are human rights at the same time helping me to become an equal citizen of the world. I have a far better understanding of my sexual and mental health and I am living better as a result of being part of this charity. Their themed meetings and social events have helped me to avoid isolation. I strongly urge people to support their charity.”
There have been ongoing actions to promote the mechanism of protection since March 2015; these have been adopted on an international level to support the development of civil society organisations and to make them independent through defending democracy, human rights and to strengthen their role as subjects of change.
When I live my life why do you have to have sudden control? I’m still the same me But once my sexuality is out you back stab me Am I really no good?
Am I good to belong in the trash with the verbal by pass? Do I even belong? They say we are but we must follow one law
Last week , Vitit Muntarbhorn became the first UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity to be appointed. The LGBTI community welcomed the much over due development after the UN announced that the Thai international law professor had been given the position.
As a lesbian, my mind first run to how many women I had undressed, whose vaginas I had leaked causing them to sing melodies of excitement and how many times I had been less careful not to contract HIV. Have I been keen enough not to have the live and bare engagement that predisposes me to HIV infection?
Ambrose is a trained peer educator and also served as volunteer in charge of media during Pride Uganda 2015. He is most known for his selflessness and passion towards the struggle for LGBTI rights. For your contribution and resilience in the struggle for equality, Kuchu Times celebrates and applauds you!
The research led by Fridah Mutesi found that the Idle and disorderly laws are extensively implemented in Uganda and according to records, 958 charges were recorded at five different policy stations between 2011 and 2015.
It was discovered that victims of these arrests are mostly marginalised groups that rank lowest on the social and economic radar.