LOP church is an all-inclusive reaffirming California based church that was founded in 2016. LOP’s visit to COSF was intended to inspire and restore faith in God’s love among members of Uganda’s LGBT+ community who have been marginalized, stigmatized and discriminated from places of worship through scriptural violence based on their sexual orientation or gender identity/ expression.
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The one-hour program that takes place quarterly provides gay men/ MSMs in Uganda the platform to have uncensored conversations on issues concerning their Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)
Access For All (AFA) recently held a digital literacy and security training #AFADST2019 for refugee human rights defenders within the East African region. With support from The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), the two- day event targeted activists from different community based organizations in Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Sudan and Eritrea.
How quickly time goes by, yet in hindsight, it also feels like a life time of hard work and persistence. This sentiment rang true for Freedom and Roam Uganda last week as they celebrated 16 years of existence and also hosted the first ever Uganda Lesbian Forum #UGALEF2019 in Kampala.
The Vetting Committee will review and evaluate the incoming applications to select and shortlist the nominees to present their interest to take part in the Vocational skills Training program for our members .
In commemoration of #PrideMonth2019, Freedom and Roam Uganda organised the first ever Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Women Directors’ Forum. Supported by Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA), the two-day convention took place at an undisclosed location.
Kuchu Times Media Group is actively seeking five self-driven individuals to volunteer on a temporary basis. This task involves working to transcribe interviews (audio sound files) into written documents that can then be formatted and edited into publishable stories.
“We also need to become a more united global LBQ movement,” stressed Julie. “We need to reach out to each other to form an international bond that will not only strengthen our numbers, but empower our resolve and give us a better position from which to tell them ‘Enough Is Enough’. This is a movement that women too can lead.”
“The actions taken by Police on a day dedicated to fighting homophobia and transphobia goes to show why this day is important and why we must continue the fight. It also goes to show how institutionalized homophobia is. We are sad but take solace in the fact that the bigger statement about the state of the rights of LGBT people in Uganda has been made. We call upon National allies and development partners to continue to support efforts to ensure that all Ugandans enjoy their constitutionally guaranteed rights” said Nicholas Opiyo, the Executive Director of Chapter Four Uganda.
In an interview with Kuchu Times, Musa Bukenya the Executive Director of Kuchu Shiners Uganda said that the creation of the shelter was to curb the increasing rate of homelessness among MSMs and transgender persons especially those living with HIV.