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Ugandan activists challenge HIV criminalization law

Ugandan activists challenge HIV criminalization law

Human rights defenders in Uganda have filed their final arguments in a landmark Constitutional Court petition challenging sections of the HIV/AIDS pre [...]
Ugandan human rights report: Violence, disappearances, disputes

Ugandan human rights report: Violence, disappearances, disputes

By a staff writer The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), the statutory body mandated to monitor human rights and freedoms in the country, has r [...]
Ugandan vlogger’s homophobic rant puts migrant workers at risk in Middle East

Ugandan vlogger’s homophobic rant puts migrant workers at risk in Middle East

A self-righteous Ugandan national living in the Middle East has released an excruciatingly homophobic online rant blasting Ugandans and other Africans [...]
Anglican archbishop urges talk, not boycott, over LGBT issues

Anglican archbishop urges talk, not boycott, over LGBT issues

Amid disputes over same-sex marriage and LGBT clergy, many bishops and archbishops from across the worldwide Anglican Communion are gearing up for the [...]
Warning to LGBT organizations in Uganda: Be cyber smart

Warning to LGBT organizations in Uganda: Be cyber smart

LGBT advocacy organizations in Uganda are at risk of cyber attacks, according to a report published by Key Populations Uganda (KPU). The organization [...]
Ugandan activists launch campaign against religion-fueled homophobia

Ugandan activists launch campaign against religion-fueled homophobia

Human rights activists in Uganda have launched a new campaign to end religious inspired homophobia, with a call to Abrahamic religions to embrace love [...]
High Court delays ruling on closure of Ugandan gay ally group Chapter Four

High Court delays ruling on closure of Ugandan gay ally group Chapter Four

Uganda’s High Court in Kampala has postponed ruling on an application seeking to quash the government’s decision to indefinitely suspend the activitie [...]
Another South African LGBTQIA+ activist stabbed to death

Another South African LGBTQIA+ activist stabbed to death

A South African LGBTQIA+ activist was stabbed to death on Sunday, March 20, allegedly because she spurned a man who proclaimed his love for her. [...]
Homophobic candidate seeks top post in Ugandan parliament

Homophobic candidate seeks top post in Ugandan parliament

Jacob Oboth Oboth, Uganda's homophobic State Minister for Defense, has resigned his position to allow him join the race to become Speaker of Parliamen [...]
A year of progress on global LGBTQ rights, but so much remains to do

A year of progress on global LGBTQ rights, but so much remains to do

COMMENTARY: U.S. support of worldwide LGBTQ rights during the first year of the Biden administration led to "significant progress" but "there is far t [...]
South Africa, stop the murders of LGBTI people

South Africa, stop the murders of LGBTI people

Global human rights organisation Human Rights Watch has formally written to the South African government about killings and assaults on LGBTI people " [...]
Activists laud U.S. program that helps LGBTI Ugandans in fight against HIV

Activists laud U.S. program that helps LGBTI Ugandans in fight against HIV

Gay rights activists in Uganda recently joined the United States government in celebrating 19 years of Pepfar, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for [...]
Ugandan court to rule on shutdown of LGBT ally organisation Chapter Four

Ugandan court to rule on shutdown of LGBT ally organisation Chapter Four

Uganda's High Court in Kampala has set March 18 as the date to rule on an application seeking to quash the government's decision to indefinitely suspe [...]
Uganda replaces intelligence officer hit with US sanctions

Uganda replaces intelligence officer hit with US sanctions

The Ugandan government has relieved Maj. Gen. Abel Kandiho of his role as Commander of the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI), weeks after the [...]
Paul Ssemwogerere, who calls homosexuality abnormal, installed as Ugandan archbishop

Paul Ssemwogerere, who calls homosexuality abnormal, installed as Ugandan archbishop

The Most Rev. Bishop Paul Ssemwogere has today (Jan. 25) officially been installed as the  Archbishop of Uganda's Kampala Archdiocese, replacing the l [...]
Kenya lawmakers seek ban on surrogate mothers for LGBTQ people

Kenya lawmakers seek ban on surrogate mothers for LGBTQ people

Kenyan lawmakers are considering a bill to prohibit gays and lesbians from using surrogate mothers to have children. From the African Human R [...]
Paul Ssemogerere, who says homosexuality is against nature, appointed Archbishop of Kampala

Paul Ssemogerere, who says homosexuality is against nature, appointed Archbishop of Kampala

Bishop Paul Ssemogerere, who has previously argued that homosexuality is against the order of nature and the teachings of the Catholic Church, was app [...]
Ugandan LGBT ally Sylvia Tamale receives honorary doctorate

Ugandan LGBT ally Sylvia Tamale receives honorary doctorate

Professor Sylvia Tamale, a Ugandan LGBT ally and academic scholar, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Pretoria in Sou [...]
Ugandan LGBT ally lawyer Nicholas Opiyo wins Human Rights Tulip award

Ugandan LGBT ally lawyer Nicholas Opiyo wins Human Rights Tulip award

Ugandan human rights lawyer and LGBT ally Nicholas Opiyo has won this year's Human Rights Tulip Award for his work protecting civil liberties and advo [...]
Archbishop Tutu boosts Bible guide promoting love for queer Africans

Archbishop Tutu boosts Bible guide promoting love for queer Africans

Does the Bible condemn homosexuality? Not according to a The Bible and "Homosexuality," a new guide book from South Africa's Inclusive and Affirming M [...]
LGBTI activists live in fear amid renewed protests in Sudan

LGBTI activists live in fear amid renewed protests in Sudan

Queer activists in Sudan say they're living in fear after police on Monday fired tear gas at protesters during renewed pro-democracy protests seeking [...]
U.S. sanctions Uganda intelligence chief over ‘serious human rights abuse’

U.S. sanctions Uganda intelligence chief over ‘serious human rights abuse’

The United States government has imposed economic and travel sanctions on a senior intelligence official in Uganda, Major General Abel Kandiho, the co [...]
Uganda gay rights activists renew call: ‘End Inequalities, End AIDS’

Uganda gay rights activists renew call: ‘End Inequalities, End AIDS’

LGBT rights defenders have reiterated the call to the Ugandan government to fast-track efforts aimed at ending inequalities in access to care, treatme [...]
Ugandan transgender community marks Trans Day of Remembrance

Ugandan transgender community marks Trans Day of Remembrance

The LGBTQI+ community and human rights defenders in Uganda joined the International community on Nov 20 to commemorate the 22nd Transgender Day of Rem [...]
Gay man survives homophobic attack in eastern Uganda

Gay man survives homophobic attack in eastern Uganda

A member of the LGBT community in eastern Uganda was attacked at home on Nov. 25 by men brandishing machetes and chanting homophobic slurs. F [...]
Biden is silent when a loud message on global LGBT rights is needed

Biden is silent when a loud message on global LGBT rights is needed

COMMENTARY: The United States has missed important opportunities to send a strong, clear, much-needed message about the nation's commitment to global [...]
Report: Covid-19 threatens LGBTIQ+ Africans and their organisations

Report: Covid-19 threatens LGBTIQ+ Africans and their organisations

Covid-19 has hurt LGBTIQ+ communities in east and southern Africa while also revealing weaknesses in the region's LGBTIQ+ advocacy organisations, acco [...]
Uganda issues corrected national ID document for trans woman

Uganda issues corrected national ID document for trans woman

The Ugandan government has issued a national Identification document to Cleopatra Kambugu, a transgender woman, clearly identifying her as a woman, in [...]
Activists want Kenyan gays’ rights on agenda when Biden meets Kenyatta

Activists want Kenyan gays’ rights on agenda when Biden meets Kenyatta

A section of Kenyan human rights defenders want US President Joe Biden to raise the issue of safety and security of homosexuals in Kenya when the two [...]
Uganda, US faith leaders discuss LGBTQI rights in Africa

Uganda, US faith leaders discuss LGBTQI rights in Africa

Faith leaders from the United States and Uganda called upon churches in Africa to open their doors to LGBTQI persons at a virtual conference organised [...]
Uganda’s Constitutional Court begins hearing challenge to HIV criminalization law

Uganda’s Constitutional Court begins hearing challenge to HIV criminalization law

The Constitutional Court of Uganda has begun hearing a landmark case on the right to health, in which LGBT and human rights defenders sued the state f [...]
Ugandan President sends new anti-gay bill back to Parliament

Ugandan President sends new anti-gay bill back to Parliament

Uganda's President, Yoweri Museveni has declined to assent to the Sexual Offences Bill (2021) passed by Parliament in May, which included stiffer pena [...]
COVID-19 complicates access to TB, HIV services for Uganda MSM

COVID-19 complicates access to TB, HIV services for Uganda MSM

Activists in Uganda are saying that men who have sex with men face increased difficulties in accessing essential health services like tuberculosis (TB [...]
Senior Uganda government health rights ally Prof. Anthony Mbonye has died

Senior Uganda government health rights ally Prof. Anthony Mbonye has died

Prof. Anthony Mbonye, the former Director General of Uganda's Health Services who has been instrumental in advocating for healthcare access for homose [...]
Times are changing in Uganda: Parliament gets a progressive clerk

Times are changing in Uganda: Parliament gets a progressive clerk

In what appears to be a positive shift in state policy thinking, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Adolf Mwesige, a liberal and progress [...]
Trans Ugandans issue desperate food appeal as lockdown bites harder

Trans Ugandans issue desperate food appeal as lockdown bites harder

Transgender rights defenders in Uganda have issued a desperate appeal for food for the transgender community amid the ongoing COVID-19 countrywide loc [...]
AIDS conference organisers silent as violence sweeps host South Africa

AIDS conference organisers silent as violence sweeps host South Africa

Organisers of the 2021 International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) have remained silent about prospects for [...]
Ugandan clinic denies using donor funds to offer ‘conversion therapy’ to gays

Ugandan clinic denies using donor funds to offer ‘conversion therapy’ to gays

A Ugandan clinic at the center of accusations of covertly using donor funds to offer "conversion therapy" to turn homosexuals straight has issued a st [...]
Uganda lockdown hampers rural LGBT access to life-saving HIV/AIDS drugs

Uganda lockdown hampers rural LGBT access to life-saving HIV/AIDS drugs

Gay rights activists in Uganda are reporting difficulty in delivering life-saving anti-retroviral drugs to HIV-positive community members during the o [...]
Anti-gay “conversion therapy” at African clinics run by aid-funded groups

Anti-gay “conversion therapy” at African clinics run by aid-funded groups

Staff at health clinics funded by the US and international donors in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania offer secret "conversion therapy" that attempts to "c [...]
Gay Ugandans warned to abide by Covid-19 restrictions

Gay Ugandans warned to abide by Covid-19 restrictions

Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), the umbrella LGBTIQ+ entity in Uganda, wants its community members to protect themselves from Covid-19 by following a [...]
IDAHOT 2021: Foreign missions express solidarity with LGBTQI+ Ugandans

IDAHOT 2021: Foreign missions express solidarity with LGBTQI+ Ugandans

Diplomatic missions of the European Union, the United States and the United Nations came out strongly in support of LGBTQI+ people as Uganda and the i [...]
Uganda: LGBTQI access to health services remains problematic

Uganda: LGBTQI access to health services remains problematic

A study by Uganda's Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) has revealed that LGBTQI persons in Uganda continue to face barriers in accessi [...]
Homophobic leader Rebecca Kadaga dropped by Uganda Parliament

Homophobic leader Rebecca Kadaga dropped by Uganda Parliament

The homophobic Speaker of Ugandan Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has been dropped by her ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) Party and replaced by [...]
Activists endorse tactics for fighting Uganda’s new anti-gay bill

Activists endorse tactics for fighting Uganda’s new anti-gay bill

Gay rights activists in Uganda have issued an advisory on how local and international supporters of LGBTQ+ rights should work to blunt the effects of [...]
Convicted homosexuals to be included in Uganda sex offender registry

Convicted homosexuals to be included in Uganda sex offender registry

Ugandans convicted of having sex with people of the same sex would be included in a new sex offender registry, following the passage by Parliament of [...]
Uganda gay activists urge president to reject new anti-gay bill

Uganda gay activists urge president to reject new anti-gay bill

LGBT human rights defenders in Uganda want President Yoweri Museveni  to refuse to sign into law the Sexual Offences Bill 2019, which Parliament passe [...]
Ugandan church launches ‘All Are Equal Before God’ campaign

Ugandan church launches ‘All Are Equal Before God’ campaign

Adonai International Ministries, a Uganda-based LGBTQI-led church, has launched a campaign dubbed “All Are Equal Before God". Get a free su [...]
Retired homophobic archbishop Ntagali apologises for adultery

Retired homophobic archbishop Ntagali apologises for adultery

The retired homophobic archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Henry Ntagali, has publicly apologised for committing adultery, addressing his remarks to C [...]
Uganda: Pop star Akon misses ‘200% opportunity’ to boost gay rights

Uganda: Pop star Akon misses ‘200% opportunity’ to boost gay rights

Prominent Senegalese-American pop star Akon missed an opportunity to raise the issue of persecution and discrimination against LGBT people in Africa w [...]
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