Who wrote the laws of society that now certain people believe that other people are not people enough—that their rights are not rights enough and so they should be flouted without any iota of reverence? One might thus wonder what society has become—a beast that consumes those who refuse to be what it wants them […]

For Immediate Release Kuchu Times Media Group Kampala, Uganda As Uganda and the global community intensify efforts to achieve an AIDS-Free 2030, Kuchu Times Media Group proudly announces the release of a special magazine edition dedicated to this urgent and historic journey. For years, Kuchu Times has committed itself to telling stories that are often erased—stories of LGBTQ+ Ugandans, sex workers, transgender communities, and other key populations who continue to shape the fight against HIV and AIDS. This edition deepens that commitment by examining where we stand, what progress has been made, and what must still be confronted if we are to reach an AIDS-Free generation. Why this edition, and […]

Love, resistance, and survival—read the voices that are reshaping Uganda’s fight for an AIDS-free 2030 What does it mean to choose yourself when the world demands you disappear? The latest edition of Bombastic Magazine answers that question through the raw, unfiltered voices of LGBTQ+ Ugandans living with HIV—people who’ve turned pain into power, stigma into […]

In our previous article about the Makerere University row that ensued at Mitchell Hostel, when holier-than-thou boys turned against their fellow students, accusing them of homosexuality, thus subjecting them to mob justice before the university police operatives quelled the situation, we discussed the deteriorating academic values—tolerance and independent thinking—at the institution. Of course, many people […]

Before organizations had names. Before we had the words to call ourselves a movement. There was music. There was a place to breathe. There was DJ Rachael. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Uganda’s queer community was scattered, hidden, and surviving however we could. There were almost no safe places to just exist. But […]

Makerere University is the oldest and largest institution of higher learning in Uganda, established in 1922, and for so many years, it has produced great minds, including political, academic, professional, and literary people. Yet with such an interesting history, the university has regressed more than it has progressed. While education’s sole essence is to unlearn […]

As the world marks Human Rights Day under the theme “Building Our Future Together,” Uganda’s LGBTQ community finds itself at a critical juncture, grappling with intensified legal persecution and systemic discrimination that threatens the very foundation of universal human rights. For decades, the community has existed under the shadow of colonial-era penal code provisions that […]

Election season is here, and like clockwork, Ugandan politicians have dusted off their favorite campaign strategy: screaming about the gays. It’s so predictable you could set your watch by it. Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, campaigning in Bukedea, recently declared that Museveni is the hero who decreed “a man should marry a woman,” while “these […]

  LOVE WON AGAIN — EVEN AS RIGHTS FALL In a world increasingly defined by the rollback of hard-won freedoms, a quiet but powerful victory for equality emerged this week from the United States. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to revisit Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark 2015 decision that recognized same-sex marriage as […]

In our previous article about the Makerere University row that ensued at Mitchell Hostel, when holier-than-thou boys turned against their fellow students, accusing them of homosexuality, thus subjecting them to mob justice before the university police operatives quelled the situation, we discussed the deteriorating academic values—tolerance and independent thinking—at the institution. Of course, many people […]

Before organizations had names. Before we had the words to call ourselves a movement. There was music. There was a place to breathe. There was DJ Rachael. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Uganda’s queer community was scattered, hidden, and surviving however we could. There were almost no safe places to just exist. But […]

Over the weekend, leaked nude videos of a TikToker called “Chicken, Chicken” hit X and TikTok, and Uganda’s internet lost its collective mind. Thousands of amateur detectives started examining birthmarks, analyzing rooms, comparing body types like they were solving a murder mystery instead of participating in someone’s public humiliation. Fun times. Then Minister of State […]

Who wrote the laws of society that now certain people believe that other people are not people enough—that their rights are not rights enough and so they should be flouted without any iota of reverence? One might thus wonder what society has become—a beast that consumes those who refuse to be what it wants them […]