I trembled as I stared deep into your sparkling eyes Stammered as I held my breath only to let my lips say a word I let my ego sink as I knelt down to ask you to take me in once more! Little did I know you had made the final choice….
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Ugandans have overtime tried to grasp what it really means to be either lesbian or gay. While some may not accept what it fully entails to be a sexual minority, they will still have a better understanding of the situation the latter find themselves in.
What is still hard to grasp for most Ugandans however is the concept of gender minorities. Today being Trans Awareness Day, we talked to a few transgender individuals to shed light on what their everyday lives are like and how they have managed to cope in a greatly transphobic society.
Nicholas Opiyo is probably most known as the lawyer that spearheaded the team that saw the Anti Homosexuality Act struck down by the Constitutional Court in 2014. For that, Opiyo was forced to relinquish his position as General Secretary of the Uganda Law Society.
Defenders Protection Initiative (DPI) is conducting a research on “THE THREATS LIKELY TO AFFECT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS TOWARDS 2016 ELECTIONS IN UGANDA” which is
aimed at identifying the likelihood of such threats that may arise during this
period and may affect civil society organizations – Human Rights Defenders (HRDs)
in particular and develop recommendations to mitigate them.
Given and Ntabi Vhuromo tied the knot in Polokwane in what is believed to be Polokwane first gay wedding at the weekend.
MARTHA Rachoane of GaMphalele Limpopo looked on proudly as her gay son Nthabiseng Sello Rachoene danced down the aisle in a puffy white wedding dress and a bouquet of pink roses.
Just a few weeks after Out and Diamond Group Director Abbey Kiwanuka received recognition from the noSCARS Awards for his work in the struggle to eliminate HIV/AIDS within minority groups , the UK based LGBTI organization now has both its directors listed in the top 101 influential LGBTI people in Britain 2015.
Abbey Kiwanuka Ugandan refugee in the United Kingdom and the Chief Executive of the African LGBTI organisation Out and Proud Diamond Group wins an award for his work towards eliminating the stigma attached to HIV and the LGBTI community.
Former US Ambassador to Uganda Scott H Delisi did not shy away from his stand on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) issues in the country; and with his term of office having ended and a new envoy set to assume office, questions have been raised on what the latter’s viewpoint will be.