Uganda Archive

33 transgender people arrested in Uganda:
A group of transgender activists who were taking part in a training workshop in Uganda were arrested on Tuesday.

Is Uganda’s anti-gay law about to return?:
There are fresh reports that Uganda's reviled 2014 anti-gay law will be reintroduced into the country's parliament.

SA journalist Lerato Mogoatlhe on challenging homophobia in new travel memoir:
Lerato Mogoatlhe has written a remarkable memoir of her five years of travelling across Africa, including her experiences in confronting homophobia in Uganda.

Uganda’s chief homophobe tries to ban music festival over LGBTQ panic:
Uganda's crackpot homophobic Minister for Ethics and Integrity, Simon Lokodo, has attempted to ban an international music festival because it would "promote homosexuality".

President Museveni says West ‘imposing’ homosexuality on Uganda:
Uganda's President Museveni has been awarded a global peace prize, taking the opportunity to repeat tired and baseless claims that Western countries are forcing homosexuality onto Africans.

Shock as top Ugandan LGBTI activist renounces her lesbianism:
Val Kalende, a well-known Ugandan LGBTI activist, has shocked her colleagues around the world by announcing that she is "no longer" a lesbian.

The world’s first refugee camp LGBTIQ pride parade in Kenya:
What’s believed to be the world’s first LGBTIQ pride parade held in