Freedom and Roam Uganda (FARUG), the oldest Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender organisation in the country has made its mark in the sexual and gender minorities’ community with its economic and social empowerment programmes as well as the legal aid availed to its members
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I often get questioned by people within and outside Uganda about my identity. They are wondering how I manage living in this extremely conservative country with all these rates of trans-phobia. Honestly I often fail to find an easy answer. It’s who I am. How else could I be? Need I behave in a way that pleases society or in a way that makes the Beyonce in me comfortable? I have never felt like a boy, man, or a male. Yes, I was born male. However, I have always known I was female. I was a female trapped in a male’s body. Since childhood, I have always felt I was a girl and that is the girl who has grown to become a woman I share with the world today.
My nation is in labour; her waters just broke! But not a while ago, she nursed a miscarriage; the under developed and immature “Kill the Gays Bill” was brought to table before it met the full nine months of anti body nourishment by the mother and consequently ,it was aborted!
Shortly after Michael ole Tilal, the County Commissioner in the central town of Nyeri announced a crackdown on sex workers, a dozen of them are feared to have been arrested at Whiskers Park in the Majengo slums according to Police Boss Charles Rotich.
A few weeks ago, the country was awash with news about one of the most prominent boys only schools sending all their students home due to the ‘rampant homosexuality activities’ in the learning facility.
As the number of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) refugees continues to rise in Kenya; a group of youth has decided to start a business, His Grace Fashion & Designs, to help make ends meet as they await resettlement.
On 28th June 2015, Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum held a consultative meeting with leaders and members from the LGBTI movement over the NGO Bill which is due for debate in Parliament today(1st September 2015).
Suddenly a voice echoed to my pinna
Strong like a thunderstorm but gentle like a dove
It appeared from the unknown, engulfed me as my partner It shook my cave which had seemed so strong time and again My shell had protected me from the hazard for as long as I had understood This voice of a friend is threatening though not worrying The unusual had occurred; a voice whose identity I had lost from my memory appeared to me!
What I said to the United Nations Security Council during its first-ever meeting on LGBT rights Today we are making UN history. The UN Security Council has never before had a meeting on LGBT issues. It is an honor to co-host this meeting with Chile, which continues to be a strong advocate for LGBT […]
The Global launch of Boldly Queer a book co-edited by Ken Mwachiro, took place recently, adding Kenya to the list of countries that have done the same in support of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) rights.