I remember having to deliver food door to door for LGBTQ Ugandans who reached out to me, this was a different experience for me because this time instead of them coming here at our office to meet with me, I was going to their homes.
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The Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer women who attended the event got to enjoy “forbidden” things like holding hands.
This has been received by the LGBTQ community as a colossal move to kick homophobia out of sports.
Many times we document stories from organisations without really getting to interact on a personal level.
She continues to live in pain because she has no financial support and had to stop working due to her condition.
They shared in detail what they went through before the arrest, during the arrest and up to when they got to Kitalya prison. Some even told me they made “friends” in jail.
Fr. Simon Lokodo was openly homophobic and used his office to discriminate against an already discriminated population, his actions especially during his justification for the mini skirt bill and the sexual offenses bill demonstrated discrimination against women when he dared to blame women for their being raped.
What happens in state A may not be accepted in state B we must not uproot a fig tree and plant it elsewhere, it will not grow. Uganda operates according to her historical, social and economic realities.
It has been a year now and despite the ups and downs we have become one.
David Kato was brutally murdered on 26th January 2011 at his home. Over the years more LGBTQ people have been brutally murdered while others continue to face homophobia.