She stared deep into the depth of my eyes; her gaze penetrating my eye lids like the UV light: her gape unusual! I heard her breath underneath my pinna, the strength in her whisper hit my breaking point: her sound was unfamiliar!
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In the last couple of weeks, Uganda’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) community has had a rude awakening with more than five members being gruesomely attacked. One of the attacked, Diane Bukuraira was beaten up and warned by her assailants to stop dressing like a man while two transmen, Jay Mulucha and Apako Williams were attacked in one of the suburban bars in Kampala.
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YOUTH UPLIFT UGANDA an LGBTIQ non-profit organisation has put together an event, Prom Nyt Party, to help raise financial support for the Ugandan LGBTI refugees in Kenya. The vent which is also meant to empower all those who have been forced to flee Uganda based on either their gender identity or sexual orientation will be held on 5th December 2015.
On 1st October the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera was among the 4 persons to receive the 2015 Right Livelihood Award commonly referred to as the “Alternative Nobel prize”.
Adebayor Chris is most known in Uganda’s Lesbian Gay Transgender Bisexual and Intersex community as the 2015 winner of the Mr. Pride Contest. Having spent an afternoon with the recent graduate, I walked away with the impression that this young man was destined for greatness; his humility, love for service and selflessness all stood out as he talked to the Kuchu Times team about his plans for his tenure and life as a transgender man in Uganda.
Kuchu Times would like to thank everyone who has so graciously donated to the campaign aimed at raising funds for the publication of the second issue of Bombastic Magazine. The campaign which was intended to raise $5,000 went over and beyond and racked in $8, 296.
Call for your stories and articles to feature in the second edition of Bombastic Magazine.They can be written in any Language.Activists all over the continent should also contribute to this second Edition of #bombasticmagazine. Send too: info@kuchutimes.com editor@kuchutimes.com. Deadline is 30 November.
To address issues that most affect the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Intersex community, Kuchu Times came up the idea for a bi-monthly talk show named The View.
Kuchu Times founder and human rights activist Kasha Jaqueline Nabagesera has today October 1st been awarded the Right Livelihood Award. The 34 year old activist was recognized for her work in the struggle for equality for Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) persons.