Tag: Uganda
Uganda issues corrected national ID document for trans woman
The Ugandan government has issued a national Identification document t [...]
Religious leaders in Uganda commit to LGBTQ inclusivity
More than 35 religious leaders in Uganda have vowed to preach, practic [...]
Uganda, US faith leaders discuss LGBTQI rights in Africa
Faith leaders from the United States and Uganda called upon churches i [...]
Introducing 7 African LGBTQ+ activists working for change
Vogue Magazine published an article last month profiling seven outstan [...]
Uganda’s Constitutional Court begins hearing challenge to HIV criminalization law
The Constitutional Court of Uganda has begun hearing a landmark case o [...]
COVID-19 complicates access to TB, HIV services for Uganda MSM
Activists in Uganda are saying that men who have sex with men face inc [...]
Food starts to reach hungry LGBT Ugandans stranded by lockdown
Emergency food deliveries have started to get through to LGBT Ugandans [...]
AIDS conference organisers silent as violence sweeps host South Africa
Organisers of the 2021 International Conference on AIDS and Sexually T [...]
Uganda lockdown hampers rural LGBT access to life-saving HIV/AIDS drugs
Gay rights activists in Uganda are reporting difficulty in delivering [...]
Anti-gay “conversion therapy” at African clinics run by aid-funded groups
Staff at health clinics funded by the US and international donors in U [...]
Activists cheer new University of York college named for David Kato
Gay rights activists in Uganda have welcomed a decision by the Univers [...]
Uganda court OKs bail for 42 arrestees
A Ugandan magistrate yesterday approved release on bail for 42 people [...]
Uganda police arrest 44 at alleged gay wedding
Responding to a report of an alleged gay wedding under way yesterd [...]
Uganda: LGBTQI access to health services remains problematic
A study by Uganda's Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) [...]
Activists endorse tactics for fighting Uganda’s new anti-gay bill
Gay rights activists in Uganda have issued an advisory on how local an [...]
Ugandan President Museveni hints he may not sign new anti-gay bill
Amid pressure from the United States and the United Nations, Ugandan P [...]
U.N. agencies object to Uganda’s new anti-gay bill
The two United Nations agencies combating AIDS and human rights violat [...]
Convicted homosexuals to be included in Uganda sex offender registry
Ugandans convicted of having sex with people of the same sex would be [...]
Uganda gay activists urge president to reject new anti-gay bill
LGBT human rights defenders in Uganda want President Yoweri Museveni [...]
Parliament of Uganda passes new anti-gay bill
Uganda's parliament has passed a new bill aimed at restricting Ugandan [...]
Meet the trans Ugandan activist fighting for rights on social media
“If you want to know that [Keem] is a man, just snatch away his phone [...]
Trans Ugandans react to new UNAIDS film about tolerance
A new short film released by UNAIDS to promote tolerance and acceptanc [...]
Retired homophobic archbishop Ntagali apologises for adultery
The retired homophobic archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Henry Ntaga [...]
Kenya: Anger and horror over death of LGBTQ+ arson victim
Activists and U.N. officials are mourning the death of Ugandan LGBTQ+ [...]
Uganda: ‘LBQ Womxn’ need equal access to health
Freedom and Roam Uganda, a lesbian, bisexual and queer (LBQ) organisat [...]
Human rights violations against queer and trans Ugandans on the increase
Violence, discrimination and other human rights violations against sex [...]
Church of Uganda Bishop Senyonjo reflects on 20 years of LGBT rights advocacy
In 2000, Church of Uganda Bishop Christopher Senyonjo took in two LGBT [...]
Break-in at offices of Ugandan LGBT ally lawyer Nicholas Opiyo
Unknown people on Thursday, March 18, broke into the offices of Chapte [...]
EU calls for urgent revision of Uganda’s anti-LGBTQI laws
The European Union strongly criticized Uganda’s harsh laws against hom [...]
Controversial Ugandan ally Stella Nyanzi flees to Kenya
Ugandan LGBTQ+ ally, academic and controversial political activist Ste [...]
Uganda: Electoral defeat for 2 notoriously anti-gay officials
In the Jan. 14 election, Ugandan voters rejected two politicians who a [...]
Uganda loses liberal judge who asked ‘What’s wrong with lesbian sex?’
A Ugandan high court judge who questioned hate and bigotry has passed [...]
LGBT Ugandans: Our health depends on trans nominee in U.S.
Gay rights activists in Uganda have welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden' [...]
Gay rights ally Stella Nyanzi concedes defeat in Uganda race
Dr Stella Nyanzi, a Ugandan gay ally and academic researcher who resig [...]
Homophobic Tanzanians hit with last-minute U.S. visa restrictions
Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo used some of his last min [...]
Ugandan activists dejected about homophobic Museveni’s grip on power
Ugandan human rights activists are trying to come to grips with the de [...]
2020 was a ‘dark’ year for the LGBTQI community in Uganda
The safety of sexual minority communities in Uganda has been a big con [...]
Uganda election: Challenger cites issues; president cites homosexuals
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has again injected the issue of homo [...]
Businesses of at-risk Ugandans will get Covid-19 aid
Uganda is among five countries that will benefit from a new fund which [...]
Uganda: Rights lawyer freed on bail after week in prison
Ugandan human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo was released on bail today [...]
Ugandan-born trans woman wins Canadian award
Ugandan-born LGBTQI+ activist, refugee and trans woman Christopher Nka [...]
Uganda: Delays leave human rights lawyer in prison without bail
Ugandan officials today extended the pre-trial detention of human righ [...]
Botswana president: We’ll host 2021 AIDS conference
The president of Botswana announced on Facebook that Botswana will hos [...]
Uganda police seize human rights lawyer probing violence
Ugandan police today seized human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo from a [...]
Despite police brutality, Uganda wants to host AIDS conference
Activists fighting against AIDS and for human rights in Uganda are pus [...]
Uganda: COSF 20 human rights abuse case adjourned to March
A Ugandan court has adjourned to March 2021 a case in which 20 LGBT yo [...]
Appeal to journalists: Report accurately about LGBT Ugandans
Journalists and social media writers need to do a better job of report [...]
Violence in Uganda: Anti-AIDS conference cancels 2021 plans
The sponsors of the African anti-AIDS conference ICASA have decided to [...]
Poverty is not a crime: African Court rules against vagrancy laws
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights has unanimously ruled a [...]
Ugandan activists call for decriminalization to fight AIDS
To combat AIDS, Uganda should decriminalize same-sex relations, sex wo [...]