Tag: Frank Mugisha
Legal challenge hits Uganda’s cruel anti-gay law; U.S. weighs travel bans, funding cuts
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Ugandan LGBTQ activist readies for the fight of his life
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As Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni nears a decision abo [...]
Uganda races to adopt new ‘Jail the Gays Bill’, greeted by silence in U.S. and Europe
Uganda's latest "Jail the Gays Bill" has not yet aroused many strong protests from American and European supporters of the human rights of LGBTQ peopl [...]
Uganda orders shutdown of prominent LGBT rights group SMUG
Homophobic Ugandan officials have ordered a shutdown of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), which has been the nation's most prominent support group for [...]
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 [...]
Uganda rebuffs U.N. nations’ pleas to protect LGBTI rights
During an international review of Uganda's human rights record, the Ugandan government made no direct mention of LGBTI rights and did not commit to ad [...]
Celebrating the memory of murdered gay rights defender, David Kato, eleven years on
Human rights defenders in Uganda have launched a lecture series in memory of David Kato, the Ugandan human rights activist and teacher who was murdere [...]
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 [...]
Introducing 7 African LGBTQ+ activists working for change
Vogue Magazine published an article last month profiling seven outstanding activists fighting to improve LGBTQ+ rights across Africa
The articl [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Parliament of Uganda passes new anti-gay bill
Uganda's parliament has passed a new bill aimed at restricting Ugandans' sexual activity.
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‘Kill the Gays’ Bill author running for Deputy Speaker of Ugandan parliament
David Bahati, the homophobic Ugandan legislator, has declared his intention to contest the position of Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda when [...]
10 years on: Celebrating David Kato, other LGBT Ugandans we’ve lost
Gay rights activists and human rights defenders in Uganda today marked the 10th Annual Kuchu Remembrance Day in memory of David Kato Kisule (RIP) and [...]
2020 was a ‘dark’ year for the LGBTQI community in Uganda
The safety of sexual minority communities in Uganda has been a big concern for years, but 2020 will go down as one of their "darkest" years, especiall [...]
Homeless LGBTQ persons in Uganda get shelters
LGBTQ rights activists have opened a total of five shelters to house homeless LGBTQ persons in Uganda.
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Uganda: Icebreakers’ new academy boosts LGBTQ health
Gay rights activists in Uganda have launched a Peer Educators Academy to empower young LGBTQ persons with vital health information and access to neede [...]
Ugandan gay activists appeal for formal recognition
Gay rights activists in Uganda have resolved to push on with a court case challenging Uganda government refusal to register their network, Sexual Mino [...]
Petition to Uganda: Let us celebrate Pride peacefully
Ugandan activists are seeking international support for a petition to Simon Lokodo, the homophobic Minister of Ethics and Integrity, urging him to sto [...]
Report reveals Ugandan anti-LGBT health care discrimination
A new report from the LGBT coalition Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) exposes the effects of discrimination that gender and sexual minorities still fac [...]
Uganda: Protests greet shutdown of LGBTI rights event
"We will not be intimidated," Ugandan LGBTI leader Frank Mugisha said in response to the May 17 shutdown of the country's celebration of the Internati [...]
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