Sometimes we activists are so much focused on our own struggles that we forget about other struggles around the world. This is a way to expand my knowledge. I seek tactical knowledge and connections and networks. I’ve met so many people I know I’m going to continue dialoguing with. People I know I’ll meet again. For me it’s more than just getting a free ticket and sleeping in a nice hotel. It’s actually overwhelming for me — I’m filled with so much knowledge, and also emotions.
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Openly Gay American Settles in Uganda to Help Fight HIV Epidemic By Editor Not many people will take the risk of taking up residence in a strongly homophobic country like Uganda but not Erik Friedly. Openly gay and married to a Kenyan, Friedly has set up roots in Uganda and has not let the harsh […]
Spectrum’s Moses Kimbugwe Speaks Out on the Journey of the Ugandan LGBTI Movement Thus Far, what Fuels his Political Ambitions and the Need for more Protective Laws By Editor Moses Kimbugwe Mulindwa is a social worker, human rights defender, gay activist and a farmer. He went to Gayaza Primary School for his early primary education; […]
First Representative for LGBTI Community Appointed by UCCM in Fight against HIV By Editor: It might not seem like a big achievement to many but the appointment of Kikonyongo Kiyumbi to the Uganda Country Cordinating Mechanism (UCCM) as a representative for the LGBTI community and sex workers could be the first virtual step to a […]
Homophobic Pastor David Kiganda Condemned by Gay Rights Activists in UK By Editor: Anti-gay activist Pastor David Livingstone Kiganda received a welcome he never would have imagined humanly possible while on a trip to London. The senior pastor of the Kisenyi based Christian Focus Center Church was attending a service at Great Commission Church premised […]
Controversial Catholic priest Fr. Anthony Musaala who was suspended from the church two years ago, has spoken out and seems to have resigned himself to fate. The priest who hinted at accepting that his calling to priesthood might have come to an involuntary end got in trouble after penning a missive that exposed the sexual decadence within the Catholic Church.
This March 2015 at the Commission on the Status of Women, a number of alarming trends have come to our attention and we hereby place on record our deep disappointment and outrage at the process of decision making for this Session.
As we got lost into the conversation, I looked at this alter boy and remembered how holy he looks when
at the altar, the church harbors many sinners! In my very first write up, I talked about gay saints; the
church has pretty many of them. It is therefore no sin in considering gay marriage, God has already
bought them close to his table, why chase them then! In am always humbled when I see my gay brother
Deo doing what God called him to do. What was meant to be a dinner date ended as a coming out
platform! God forgive us our sins and save us from the fires of hell.
She has been verbally and physically attacked by the community she is meant to feel safe in but that has not taken away her zeal to effect change. Bad Black has dedicated her life as a peer educator and works hand in hand with friendly clinics to provide health services for the transwomen in Uganda.
Speaking on behalf of Uganda’s sex workers, Bad Black continuously appeals to legislators to put up laws that will protect the interest of people in her profession. These laws will protect sex workers from disrespectful clients and put in place a minimum wage for their trade.
Growing up, I never fully understood why I did the things I did. I wore my sisters’ clothes and I remember being beaten for this on several occasions. I vividly remember looking at other boys’ privates at the tender age of 6.
In school, I was more attracted to guys and girls were not on my list of priorities. My first sexual encounter was with a girl during my Senior One but I never understood what the fuss was all about because it was not interesting or even fulfilling.