Since 2012 we have celebrated Pride in Uganda. Our Pride is very different to the Pride parades in London or New York. Rather than hundreds of thousands, we have a few hundred LGBT Ugandans, and our friends who sympathise with our struggle, attending our event. We usually keep away from big public crowds and public …
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Activists are outraged over the Ugandan government’s decision to cancel a week of gay pride celebrations in the country for a second consecutive year, describing the move as a violation of fundamental human rights of minority groups.
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Police in Uganda have blocked LGBT people and their supporters from holding a pride parade, after the country’s ethics minister warned such a demonstration would be illegal. More than 100 people tried to convene on a beach in Entebbe on Lake Victoria but were ordered back into their minibuses by police and told to leave …
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Part-way through my Skype interview with Adrian Jjuuko, executive director of the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF), in Kampala, Uganda, a dog’s loud, insistent barking began. Startled, Jjuuko looked away from the camera. He was not, however, at home and it was not a family pet. Jjuuko was at work, and what my …
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Countries all over the world have gay pride events every year. The annual festivities are usually safe places for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people to celebrate their communities. That’s even been true in recent years in Uganda, a country where it’s a crime to be gay. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the case in Uganda last week. In the capital Kampala, police raided a …
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