I Freedom Uganda Network hosted partners and representatives of various member organizations to their 4th Annual General Meeting that took place on Friday 9th April 2021. The vent was themed SERVING IN THE FACE OF A PANDEMIC.
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Like many young LGBTIQ identifying Ugandans, Criton fled his homeland for Nairobi after suffering discrimination and harassment from his community and loved ones. The father of one hoped to create a better life for himself and never dreamt that this pursuit of happiness and acceptance would only lead to his demise.
One of the mechanisms currently in place to report online violations and TAV incidences; HER Internet together with DPI recently developed with an anonymous incident reporting tool that can be used to report these online and TAV cases.
This biblical activism campaign will run for six (6) consecutive days with different themes each day and we shall be holding a dialogue on the 5th day and a short skit on the last(6th) day. All will be streaming on ADONAI INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES Facebook page.
All submissions selected will appear in the upcoming anthology, Passages: An Anthology Celebrating Black Queer Existence.
This collection seeks to address & examine a variety of topics such as: lineage/legacy, coming out, living authentically, intersectionality, identity, patriarchy, misogyny, mental/emotional health, aging, sex, intimacy & eroticism, silence, secrecy, shame, & vulnerability.
As a pre-op trans person in Uganda prior to my Sexual Reaffirmation Surgery, I struggled with the fact that my prostate heath and breast health where coded under different departments but how could I then as a woman, ask my doctor about my prostate health, when it is not part of the OBGYN list of services they provide, and if they did, they assumed it would be on a different body, a man’s body.
According to their Instagram page, Ghana Police Services arrested 22 LGBTIQ persons who were attending a birthday celebration. The Police has, through their Public Relations Officer, claimed that the event was a lesbian wedding although all attendees maintain that it was just a birthday party.
“Online violence largely manifests into denial of resources and opportunities for queer womxn. There is growing evidence of many ways queer womxn in our communities/ societies are violated and little is done to help,” Enid further shares.
The Kenyan Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, yesterday 24th March 2021, issued a directive ordering United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to shut down Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps.
Two years ago, he founded the Jinja based organization Lived Realities with the aim of creating a safe space for LGBTIQ persons as well as to raise awareness and change societal perceptions.