Speaking of mental health May is mental health awareness month and we urge Ugandan LGBTQ people to be mindful of each other and to join us in the struggle to advocate for adequate mental health care whenever it’s needed.
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But on a sad note Rella Women’s Foundation was raided by the Local council leaders and the Uganda Police on 7th May 2022 at 4pm the LC came knocking on to the gate at the Rellatopia in Kisaasi Bukoto. On being questioned who was at the gate, they said they were the LC and had come for daily check in and a mandatory search among the people that were hosted at the Rella House of Hope shelter.
We have come to learn that these crimes are intended to send messages to “those like you” and with this incident the message hit home. We are scared and angry. We are scared because we know the line between being any of us in that pool of blood is as thin as the patience we have for African judicial systems when it come to LGBT persons. We are angry because we are tired of being treated like we are not human beings and our lives do not matter,”
Kuchu Times Media Group has identified that there are opportunities that came specifically for the community or those that are what one would call inclusive. We also appreciate that not all community members have access to these opportunities for one reason or the other. From this need, Kuchu Times has birthed the Opportunity Mondays!
Uganda doesn’t really investigate LGBTQ murders as well, we have questions.
We need to fix the language within the medical fraternity. They need to look at intersex as human beings and stop pathologizing us.
With support from Power of Pride, Kuchu Times Media Group has organized writing labs that are aimed at training LGBTIQ+ storytellers in the basics of safe storytelling. We are targeting community members who are already involved in community storytelling.
Can “kameeza” funds work within the LGBTQ settings without inciting IPV?
We have funders coming in and doing short programs that are not sustainable, for example if you do a 3 month project where you are paying rent for an LGBTQ Ugandan, where will they find the next rent? How will they survive in that house considering they need electricity and water among other things?”
The provision on forced disclosure of personal information is dangerous to criminalized minorities as personal information concerning their sexuality, their work, or drug use may be revealed, subjecting them to criminal sanctions that have nothing to do with infectious diseases. It also subjects them to stigma and further discrimination.