The fundraiser is to help the victims that were arrested and don’t have bail money, as well as supplies such as water, sanitary pads, soap, food and other necessities use while still in the prison, and for those that are staying at the Rella Uganda shelter.

To commemorate the annual World AIDS Day, Icebreakers Uganda (IBU) and Men of Night Uganda (MONU) with support from The Fund for Global Human Rights and the Stephen Lewis Foundation held a community event under the theme Ending The HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Community by Community.

I am human, so I do miss people, but I made a choice when I transitioned that I will not allow anyone to impose themselves on my life any more than I will impose myself in theirs–in urban lingo “Do you and I will do me”, the world is big enough for my heathen self and for you hypocritical holier-than-though puritan self.

Despite the presence of laws and policies on rape and defilement- laws that specifically protect the victims, statistics show that violence against women and girls is on rise in Uganda. According to the Police annual report of 2018 (compared to that of 2017), an increase in the sexual gender based violence cases was registered.

As an organization and a member of the Uganda Network of Sex-workers’ Organization (UNESO), we highly condemn these acts of violence and human rights violation on our brothers and sisters and call upon the right organs of government to step in and do their work.

“Discrimination is present because there is usually no law to stop it. And the purpose of discrimination is to nullify and impair but advocacy is how vulnerable groups can have their issues heard, advocated for and safeguarded like everyone else. This is how our needs and issues are considered or addressed like anyone else’s and ensure that laws are implemented,”

On Thursday 27 June 2019 The Refugee Coalition of East Africa (RefCEA) will host the 2nd annual International LGBTQI Refugee Day. One week after World Refugee Day on 20 June and coinciding with LGBTQI celebrations around the globe during the month of June, International LGBTQI Refugee Day celebrates the solidarity and strength of LGBTQI refugees and acknowledges the unique struggles and challenges faced by sexual identity refugees worldwide.

21.7 million people living with HIV were receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART) In 2017 – an increase of 2.3 million since 2016 and 8 million in 2010. However, this level of treatment scale-up is still not enough for the world to meet its global target of 30 million people on treatment by 2020.

As I grew older, this attraction only intensified. During my teenage years, I remember the girls I dated in high school were always just my “friends” to my family and other friends as I just couldn’t bluntly call them my girlfriends.