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Petition to Uganda: Let us celebrate Pride peacefully
Ugandan activists are seeking international support for a petition to Simon Lokodo, the homophobic Minister of Ethics and Integrity, urging him to stop violating the LGBTIQ community’s right to...
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Uganda’s anti-gay law faces court challenge
A challenge to Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act began today in the country’s Constitutional Court. Speaker Rebecca Kadaga addresses the Ugandan parliament. (File photo) The suit argues that the law...
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Uganda strategy joins gay rights to women’s rights, health
Amnesty International’s “Rule of Law” report on Uganda. (Click image for link to PDF file.) Amnesty International is pushing for an end to repression in Uganda through a welcome strategy of including...
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LGBTI Ugandans tell their stories in their own magazine
The cover of Bombastic’s first issue. The Ugandan LGBTI community has launched its own magazine to tell their stories to the nation. “Bombastic Magazine is a compilation of stories, testimonies and...
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Honors for African LGBTI heroes at London Pride
Out and Proud Diamond Group honors African LGBTI heroes during London Pride. (Photo courtesy of Out and Proud Diamond Group) Press release, modestly edited: London Pride 2015 The African LGBTI...
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Outbreak of anti-LGBTI attacks in Uganda
A recent upsurge in violence is targeting LGBTI people in Uganda. The legal aid organization HRAPF (the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum) reported: HRAPF logo HRAPF notes with concern that...
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Ugandan transgender community marks Trans Day of Remembrance
The LGBTQI+ community and human rights defenders in Uganda joined the international community on Nov 20 to commemorate the 22nd Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) with the theme “A Circle for...
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