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 a refugee camp took place this past weekend in Kenya, but was unfortunately marred by violence. The Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya hosted the event, which was attended by approximately 200 people, Gay Star News reported. The camp is said to be the third […]