GENEVA/NEW YORK —The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, in collaboration with UNAIDS, brought together six heads of state or government to accelerate action and get countries on the Fast-Track to end AIDS. World leaders joined around 500 partners from government, the private sector and civil society on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly…
NEW YORK—Thursday, Aug. 4, police in Uganda raided a nightclub where an annual LGBTI pride celebration was taking place. In addition to brutalizing participants in the pride event, the police detained leaders of civil society organizations who are engaged in advocacy for the LGBTI community. This attack is part of an overall pattern in Uganda…
Aug. 4 Ugandan police forces raided the 2016 Uganda Pride, forcefully arrested prominent human rights activist Dr. Frank Mugisha and Pepe Julian Onziema, leaders of Sexual Minorities Uganda, among countless others. Activists and individuals took to social media to report incidents of police brutality and misconduct. Kasha Jacqueline tweeted, “Our Pride event has been raided…
Ugandan police Thursday raided a peaceful LGBTQ pride event in Kampala, the country’s capital. While events continue to unfold, police arrested several participants, including activists Frank Mugisha and Pepe Onziema of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG). The raid was carried out shortly after a Ugandan tribute to the 49 victims of the deadly shooting in Orlando….
Despite increased security concerns following the tragic attack and murder of 49 people at Orlando’s gay club Pulse earlier this month, activists in Uganda have decided to stand in solidarity and move forward with Pride Uganda this August. The event will only go on if they are able to secure $20,000 in funding. Hundreds of…
Despite criminalizing homosexuality, Uganda has as many gay people as countries where homosexuality is legal, a new study has found. Pink News reports that the survey of 3,000 Ugandan students found that one in three of the respondents had been in love with a person of the same gender. In addition, the study found that…
2016 is not shaping up to be a good year for virulently anti-gay pastor Scott Lively as he is facing a lawsuit by LGBT advocacy group Sexual Minorities Uganda because of his anti-gay activities in that country, and he is apparently out of money. Right Wing Watch reported that Lively ended 2015 by publishing a…
A new Ugandan LGBT publication, Bombastic Magazine, is looking to protect the community by telling their authentic stories. Kasha Jacqueline, one of the founders of Bombastic Magazine and the LGBT movement in Uganda, says that, “changing the hearts and minds of regular Ugandans I the most crucial step in triggering real change.” She goes on…
KAMPALA, Uganda, —The Imitation Game, the film, which explores LGBT issues in post-war Britain, was shown within the EU-Africa Film Festival in Kampala, Uganda, one of the most anti-LGBT countries in the world. Both male and female homosexual activity is illegal. Under the Ugandan Penal Code, “carnal knowledge against the order of nature” between two…
Despite a record number of states legalizing same-sex marriage, Michael Sam coming out and the very real prospect of a film about a gay mathematician taking home the ‘Best Picture’ prize at the 87th annual Academy Awards, 2014 was filled with reminders that the arc for LGBT civil rights is never a straight line. Brian…
