Tag: Richard Lusimbo

Reeling from over 500 anti-LGBT abuses, Ugandan activists plead for help from West

Reeling from over 500 anti-LGBT abuses, Ugandan activists plead for help from West

Human rights activists in Uganda are appealing for a stronger response from Western nations that oppose Uganda's harsh new Anti-Homosexuality Act. [...]
Human rights violations against queer and trans Ugandans on the increase

Human rights violations against queer and trans Ugandans on the increase

Violence, discrimination and other human rights violations against sex workers and queer and transgender people in Uganda increased in 2019, the lates [...]
Cameroon: Support grows for release of trans celebrity Shakiro

Cameroon: Support grows for release of trans celebrity Shakiro

Increasing numbers of human rights advocates are calling for the release of Shakiro, a Cameroonian trans woman and online celebrity who has been impri [...]
LGBTQI advocate Richard Lusimbo honored for fighting HIV stigma

LGBTQI advocate Richard Lusimbo honored for fighting HIV stigma

LGBTQI advocate Richard Lusimbo is one of six Ugandans recognized by the International Community of Women Living with HIV / Eastern Africa (ICWEA) for [...]
LGBTI in Uganda: How to survive a pandemic

LGBTI in Uganda: How to survive a pandemic

Get ready for "In the Eyes of a Pandemic", a documentary about how the Ugandan LGBTI and sex workers communities are coping with Covid-19. See the tra [...]
Ugandan LGBTI activist appointed Pan Africa ILGA program manager

Ugandan LGBTI activist appointed Pan Africa ILGA program manager

A Ugandan HIV and LGBTI activist, Richard Lusimbo, has been appointed program manager for Pan Africa ILGA, the LGBTI advocacy organization that serves [...]
Uganda: Protests greet shutdown of LGBTI rights event

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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