Uganda Network of Sex Worker led Organizations (UNESO) recently hosted partners, allies and representatives from membership organizations to a dissemination meeting and official launch of their documentary .
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As we anticipate the release and distribution of the next edition of the Bombastic Magazine, we will document and share stories from our readers on their experiences with the magazine in a series that we have named The Chronicles of Bombastic Magazine.
We join fellow human rights defenders across the African continent and the globe to celebrate the release of the 21 activists and members of the LGBTI+ Community in Ghana who have been finally granted bail since their arrest and detention on May 20th, 2021.
Court in Ghana has granted bail to the 21 LGBTIQ human rights defenders after 22 days in police custody. On 20 May 2021, Ghanaian police arrested 21 human rights defenders (16 women and five men) who were conducting paralegal training for the protection of the human rights of sexual minorities in Ho, Ghana. They were […]
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Ghanaians have halted all plans to celebrate Pride in a bid to focus on the advocating for the release of their colleagues who were arrested on 21st May while UN experts speak out on their incarceration.
Former openly homophobic minister Simon Lokodo has finally been laid off in the new Uganda cabinet reshuffle that has been announced by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
This year, All Out is partnering with an LGBTQ group called Isange Rwanda to raise enough to cover all the costs for the first ever Pride Rwanda. For most LGBT+ people in Africa, Pride celebrations are a protest against government brutality, anti-LGBTQ+ laws, and hate crimes. They are also a precious moment of community building. […]
On Saturday 5th June 2021, Digital Human Rights Lab (DHRL) with support from GIZ and StartHub Africa held their 2nd round of the Innovation Program Pitch 2021 event in Kampala. Using hashtags #Innovation4HumanRights and #BeHeard, the tech event attracted over 150 applications from across the country and 8 teams were selected to present their innovation […]
This brought to mind the sad reality of many men especially in Uganda who are afraid to even come out as gay, let alone HIV positive. This revelation highlighted the need for more celebrities to speak up about living with HIV if we are ever to beat stigma at the workplace. Philly Bongole Lutaaya gave HIV a familiar human face as the first Ugandan artist to openly declare that he was living with HIV.