To mark the annual Kuchu Memorial Day on Tuesday 26th January 2021, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) hosted a dialogue meeting with several local council authorities and LGBT+ activists from various organizations in and around Kampala. The event was in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the murder of celebrated LGBTIQ activist David Kato Kisule.
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David Kato was a leader whose close associates describe as fearless and daring. To mark the 10th anniversary of his passing, we spoke to some of the people he worked with to shed light on who David was as a man, what was at the heart of his activism and what his vision for the entire movement was.
We were unable to reach our patients since we had transferred most of our work online due to the covid pandemic. Many of our patients are already dealing with mental illnesses and it is fundamental that they keep in touch with their therapists. However, this was impossible during this time and we are now seeing a rise in depression and anxiety cases.
Beverley Palesa Ditsie, was last week awarded the Safe Space Community Icon Award 2020. This award recognizes individuals from the LGBTQI+ community that have made an outstanding contribution to the LGBTQI+ community.
The 16 Days of Activism against gender based violence, is an international campaign to challenge violence against women and girls. The campaign runs from 25th November to 10th December which is the Human Rights day.
The TREE Project is an initiative where we are tackling some of the underlying root causes wide spread self-stigma, limited access to employment, business development and financial literacy knowledge and the lack of organized groupings among the trans population.
The Taala Foundation has filed a civil suit before the High Court of Uganda in Miscellaneous Application number 1045 of 2020 to join the case filed by Children of the Sun Foundation, Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum, and the individual applicants in Miscellaneous cause no 179 of 2020 to challenge the acts of arbitrary arrest, detention, and
torture.
Tranz Network Uganda (TNU) stands with the rest of the world in commemorating the International Transgender Day of Remembrance 2020. TNU also celebrates the struggles and resilience of all transgender and gender non-conforming persons alive today, and the huge progress the Network and our development partners have made against the transgender dilemma in Uganda.
Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who is currently on his campaign trail has blamed the international LGBT community for the nation-wide protests that broke out on Wednesday after the arrest of his opponent Robert Kyagulanyi.
Wave of Legacy Alliance Initiative Uganda will on Friday 20th November 2020 stage a play focused on trans matters. The drama show will take place from 18:00- 18:45 hours and will be streamed live on their social media pages (Wave of Legacy Alliance Initiative).