Yesterday 3rd March, a mammoth crowd gathered at the Namugongo Shrines in commemoration of the Uganda Martyrs that were murdered by the then King of Buganda, Mwanga.
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LGBTI Friendly Church Sets Up Roots in Kenya and Uganda
By Our Correspondent
Homophobia in Africa has increasingly been spread through use of religion with most spiritual heads assenting that the higher powers known to mankind are against homosexuality or any other sexual nonconformity that isn’t in line with the norm.
United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (UNU-GEST) was founded in 2009, and became a member of the United Nations University in 2013. The mission of UNU-GEST is to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment through education, training and research on problems of relevance to developing and fragile societies.
Uganda Pride 2015 Coordinator Seeks Support
By George Barasa and Ambrose Barigye
Pride Uganda which is in its fourth year running is part of the annual international celebration of achievements for the movement of lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questionable, and gender non-conforming persons.
Why We Must Celebrate our ‘Queerness’ By Banji Baj Africa was considered a dark continent by the early explorers and missionaries mainly because of the inhabitants’ skin color and cultural practices that were considered inhuman and rigid.
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FHRI Founder Dr Livingstone Sewanyana wins EU Human Rights Award
By Our Correspondent
The European Union yesterday awarded human rights defender Dr Livingstone Ssewanyana with the EU Human Rights Defenders Award after
LGBTI Activist Leilah Burns Opens Up Using Her Talent as a Visual Artist to Impact Change
By George BarasaLeilah Burns as she is affectionately called within her inner circle is a visual artist that has used her talent to impact change in not only her immediate society but also the LGBTI community.
FREEDOM AND ROAM UGANDA on its 12 year Journey to Creating a Less Homophobic Uganda By Ambrose Barigye
Freedom and Roam Uganda (FARUG) was the first member based LBTI organization formed in Uganda and has been in existence since 2003.
In a human rights situation that has captured global attention, a majority of African countries have anti-homosexuality laws in place, some of which go so far as to punish offenders with life imprisonment or the death penalty. The Ugandan government, in particular, has faced widespread criticism for its passage in 2009 of an anti-homosexuality bill and the violence against sexual minorities that ensued.