The United Nations has called on the government of Uganda to review its recent sexual offences bill, saying that it would violate human rights standards and undermine public health. According to VOA, The Sexual Offences Bill has been in development since 2015 and has, since then, undergone several significant changes. Although the law broadly seeks…
The title of the documentary is ‘In the Eyes of a Pandemic’. The entitled pandemic is the current coronavirus pandemic. The documentary was organised by EAVA [East African Visual Artists], an organization that uses art and film to highlight the predicament and advocate for the equality of key populations. The premise of the documentary is…
The police officials in Uganda responsible for the unlawful arrests, detainment and torture of 20 LGBTQ+ persons in an LGBTQ+ shelter have now been charged. In July, over 50 days after the unlawful arrest in March, the 20 arrested persons, supported by the LGBTQ-friendly Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF), filed a suit in…
In March 2020, The Uganda Police Force invaded an LGBTQ+ shelter outside of Kampala arrested 20 LGBTQ+ persons in an LGBTQ+ shelter for violating social distancing rules. According to a previous report, the 20 LGBTQ+ persons were made up of 14 gay men, 2 bisexual men, and 4 transgender women. According to a police statement, they…
Ugandan Police have arrested 120 people at a bar in Kampala, the country’s capital. The BBC is reporting that they are being held for “frequenting a smoking place.” The bar is popular among the country’s LGBT community and the police have said that narcotics were seized during the operation. Patrick Onyango, the spokesperson for the…
This is an official release and a reaction to the proposed introduction of the country’s anti-gay law. The constitutional court nullified the Anti-homosexuality Act in August of 2014 but there have been numerous press over the past weeks about a plan by a section of the Ugandan legislature to re-introduce the law. In order to provide…
Simon Lokodo, Uganda’s Ethics and Integrity Minister has told Reuters that the controversial anti-gay bill will be reintroduced in the country’s parliament and will be voted on before the end of the year. He added that the bill is supported by the president, President Yoweri Museveni. In 2014, a constitutional court in the country annulled…
The 2018 Gay Games in Paris is already off to a record setting start and Uganda’s Jay Mulucha is at the helm of the experience. Playing point guard for Uganda with a team he called ‘The Sisters’, a group of athletes from around the world coming together to compete for gold. Jay Mulucha, a trans…
The Eastern Region Women’s Empowerment Organisation has teamed up with All Out to provide emergency resources to transgender and queer women who have survived assault in Uganda. Many of them have been victimised because of their sexual orientation or gender identity while others are tricked online to meet up with attackers, who end up beating them…
Members of Uganda’s parliament want to reintroduce the antigay bill that was deemed unconstitutional in 2014. This comes after the MPs moved a motion to praise the speaker Rebecca Kadaga for “upholding cultural values” and speaking against LGBT issues at the March Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference. She added that Uganda will withdraw from the Union if they…
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