It was from these findings that Spectrum Uganda realized the need for extending such initiatives to other parts of the country such that MSM in the furthest areas could also access friendly health services. This project covers Wakiso, Mpigi,Kampala, Masaka, Jinja, Mukono, Busia and Tororo districts among others.
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The International AIDS Conference is an annual meeting of persons working in the HIV/AIDS area, where policy makers, medical practitioners as well as persons affected by the scourge get to meet to forge ways and share knowledge on new trends and discoveries while also looking at the statistics related to the scourge.
As the official media house for Pride 2016, we are calling on all media houses and journalists that are interested in covering the five day event to send in their bids of interest in order to be verified and accorded authorization for the same.
Bad Black also says that many young people have approached her for guidance on what it means to be a transgender and many have come out to her. She explains that she has tried to be of comfort to such confused youth because she vividly remembers a time when she was just as confused and lost.
In order to realize equal sexual rights and equal social opportunities, gay youth have taken their collective position and listed the following benefits if anti-gay laws are removed.
Louis,” who underwent a forced anal examination in Cameroon in 2007, at age 18, told Human Rights Watch nine years later: “I still have nightmares about that examination. Sometimes it keeps me up at night when I think about it. I never thought a doctor could do something like that to me.”
The Organising Committee Pride Uganda 2016 is excited and proud to unveil the dates for the fifth Pride in Uganda, 2nd – 7th August 2016. This year’s PRIDE will be a five day long event with a series of activities running under the theme “Standing Together! Ffena wamu! Sisi Pamoja! Twese Kumwe”.
Joseph Kawesi was born this day. She is an out transgender/AIDS activist born and raised in the Kampala slums of Bwaise who has dedicated her efforts to fight HIV/AIDS among the transgender women community in Uganda. She is a certified community peer educator and a paralegal. Kawesi and other LGBTI youth realized that there was […]
When asked if he regrets reporting the case to the police, Jonkers responded: “A month ago one of my friends was murdered and justice hasn’t been served in his case. At first I didn’t want to report to the police but I thought to myself, ‘It could happen to someone else tomorrow, so I have to take a stand’.”
Rukundo Mugisha Isaac commonly known as Zak among his fellow peers was born on this day. He is a passionate human rights activist who works as the Communications Officer for Spectrum Uganda Initiatives Incorporated an organization that advocates for health/human rights of MSM in Uganda. He holds a degree in International Business from Makerere University Business […]