Sit-in success: Uganda police promise armed guards
Human rights advocates at gay-friendly HRAPF held a sit-in at a Ugandan police station Monday to protest the…
Uganda police raided queer film festival, so it went underground
A Ugandan police raid shut down the Queer Kampala International Film Festival on Dec. 9, but its organizers…
Police raid shuts down Ugandan LGBT film festival
Police in Uganda today raided the second annual Queer Kampala International Film Festival after allegedly being tipped off…
Advice for Ugandan schools: Stop expelling LGBT students
Ugandan schools continue to have a narrow-minded, repressive and damaging view of students’ sexuality, but at least one…
Gay Ugandan saved his life by hiding in a tree, but now …
Peter, a gay Ugandan, hid in a tree to escape death at the hands of his homophobic family,…
I escaped death in Uganda. Now I'm a sex worker in Kenya.
Ugandan LGBT refugee Salim Kakooza explains how he ended up a sex worker in Kenya. It was a…
Uganda: Anti-LGBT stigma restricts health care; HIV rate up
By Kikonyogo Kivumbi and Colin Stewart Human rights defenders in Uganda have reacted with dismay to statistics in…
U.S. may welcome Ivan, a refugee from anti-gay Uganda
Shunned by his family for acting too girlish, attacked by his neighbors for being gay, Ivan Kimbugwe fled…
Scarred in Uganda, LGBT refugee is about to reach safety in U.S.
Scarred by beatings in Uganda, LGBT refugee Kwesigabo Simon has been approved for resettlement from Kenya to the…
Coming next month: Queer Kampala International Film Festival
This December, several hundred film fans from around the world are expected to gather in Kampala, Uganda. There…