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26 May 2023 — Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023 Signed into Law, Uganda

Following the overturning of the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2014, the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023 was signed into law on 26 May 2023. The Act prescribes life imprisonment for sex between two people of the same biological sex and the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”. The latter offence includes “serial offenders”, same-sex rape, sex in a position of authority or procured …

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2021 — Founding of Omoro Alliance for Empowerment Foundation (ALEFA), Uganda

Omoro Alliance for Empowerment Foundation (ALEFA) is a non-profit community-based organisation established in 2021 by four intersex activists — Patricia Ajok, Gladys Ataro, Charity Akello and Constantine Lakony in 2021. ALEFA operates in Northern Uganda, specifically in the districts of Amuru, Gulu, Kitgum and Omoro. ALEFA was registered on 23 January 2024. Since its inception …

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June 2020 — Kakuma Refugee Camp: Refugees Approach Victor Mukasa Again, Kenya

In June 2020 the Ugandan LGBTQIA+ refugees in the Kakuma Refugee Camp reached out to activist Victor Mukasa, saying “Victor, we are dying, we are dying in the refugee camp”. Not much had changed since the last time Victor had worked with the refugees in 2014, even though global activists and organisations had become involved. …

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March 2020 — First Live Broadcast of The Victor Mukasa Show, Uganda

In March 2020, The Victor Mukasa Show was broadcast live for the first time. Ugandan trans and LGBTI activist, Victor Mukasa envisioned the show as a space that would bring emerging issues for LGBTIQ+ people from the continent and the Diaspora to light. It aims to feature everything Queer and African, ranging from education, activism, …

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23 January 2020 — Founding of Prism Uganda (Prism Empowerment and Development Initiatives), Uganda

Founded by Fabian Boldtype, the current Executive Director, and Grace Nanteze on 23 January 2020, Prism Uganda, or Prism Empowerment and Development Initiatives (PEDI), is trans women-led NGO that works to bridge the gap in mental health and psycho-social support for transgender women in Uganda. They provide free counselling, therapeutic care, and guidance while advocating …

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20 December 2019 — Initiative of Trans With a Mission-Uganda (ITWAM) Founded, Uganda

The Initiative of Trans with a Mission-Uganda (ITWAM) was founded by Gafidyn Rae Wesonga and a few other members of the trans community on 20 December 2019 (names withheld for safety reasons). They’re a rural, indigenous, non-hierarchical, transfeminist, youth-led community-based organisation. Vision ITWAM envisions a society free from stigmatisation and discrimination of trans and gender-diverse …

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2019 — Founding of Feminist Inclusion Leadership Center (FIL-Center), Uganda

The Feminist Inclusion Leadership Center (FIL-Center), a transfeminist NGO working for black trans, gender diverse and LBQ rights in Uganda, was founded in 2019, with active implementation of the organisation beginning in 2022 and registration in 2023. FIL-Center was founded by Samantha Jordans (Executive Director), Ms Brendah (Human Rights advocate) and Sheila Makeyline (SRHR Advocate). …

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1 August 2014 — Constitutional Court Dismisses the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, Uganda

On 1 August 2014, the Ugandan constitutional court dismissed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which had caused controversy both in Uganda and across the world. The court ruled that the Anti-Homosexuality Bill was null and void, citing procedural irregularities during its passage and asserting the vote cast on the Bill in Parliament technically lacked the necessary quorum to have been …

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3 July 2014 — Kakuma Refugee Camp: Lack of Safety and Security for LGBTQIA+ Refugees Highlighted, Kenya

On 3 July 2014, a 4-part series about further violence in the Kakuma Refugee Camp aired on Kuchu TV, a platform created by Ugandan LGBTQIA+ activist, Victor Mukasa. Victor’s work at the Kakuma Refugee Camp started in 2014 after the first attack on the Ugandan LGBTQIA+ refugees in the Camp. You can read more about …

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26 February 2014 — Founding of Tranz Network Uganda (TNU), Uganda

Tranz Network Uganda (TNU) is an indigenous not for profit umbrella organisation for trans and gender diverse persons organisations in Uganda and was established by Apako Williams and Jay Mulucha on 26 February 2014 with the aim of supporting coordination and collaboration among trans and gender diverse persons’ organisations. TNU was registered on 30 March …

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29 June 2014 — Kakuma Refugee Camp: Kuchu TV Broadcast Contextualises Violence, Kenya

In an important series of 5 episodes aired on 29 June 2014, LGBTQIA+ rights activist, Victor Mukasa, provided context to the violence in the Kakuma Refugee Camp, using his TV platform, Kuchu TV. The episodes highlighted that the central issue for LGBTQIA+ refugees in the Camp was the violence perpetrated against them because they were …

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June 2014 — Kuchu TV Created by Victor Mukasa to Report on the Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya/Uganda

In June 2014, Ugandan LGBTQIA+ activist, Victor Mukasa, created a Youtube channel, Kuchu TV, which aired between 2014 and 2015. The TV station was used as a platform to give daily updates from within the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, and provided information to activists and advocates working with LGBTQIA asylum seekers in the Camp. …

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20 March 2014 — Intersex Activist from Uganda Granted Asylum in the U.S., Uganda

Nikilas (Nikki) Mawanda, an intersex activist from Uganda and founder of an NGO in the country*,  was granted LGBTIQ+ asylum status in the U.S. on 20 March 2014. Asylum was granted months after fleeing his home in Uganda due to the state-sanctioned violence of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which was passed by the Ugandan parliament earlier …

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20 December 2013 — The Passing of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2014 into Law, Uganda

The Ugandan parliament passed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law on as the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2014 (previously called the “Kill the Gays bill” on 20 December 2013. The Ugandan President signed his assent to the Anti-Homosexuality Act on 24 February 2014. The Act criminalised any sexual acts and relations between people of the same sex. The maximum …

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May 2011 — Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme: Year 2, Part 1, Uganda

The first part of the second year of the Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme, hosted by Gender DynamiX (GDX) and a partner organisation from East Africa, took place in Uganda in May 2011. This was a watershed workshop as the number of activists, who numbered 16 the year before, grew …

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10 December 2009 — Ugandan Activist, Victor Mukasa, Speaks at the United Nations

On 10 December 2009, Ugandan activist, Victor Mukasa, co-founder of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) and program associate for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLRHC) spoke at a landmark meeting of the United Nations General Assembly panel. The panel focused on ending human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity and …

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14 October 2009 — Anti-Homosexuality Bill Draft Introduced to Parliament, Uganda

On 14 October 2009 the Anti-Homosexuality Bill was introduced to parliament in Uganda, sparking international outrage and condemnation. The Bill sought to further criminalise homosexuality in the country, imposing life imprisonment for those found guilty of engaging in homosexual acts, as well as imposing harsh penalties for those who failed to report known homosexuals to …

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22 December 2008 — Court Rules in Favour of Trans and LGBTI Activist Victor Mukasa, Uganda

After a trial of three years, the Ugandan High Court ruled in Victor Mukasa’s favour on 22 December 2008. In this landmark ruling, the Court declared that the Government of Uganda had indeed violated the rights of privacy of the members of the organisation, Sexual Minorities of Uganda (SMUG), when the home of Victor Mukasa …

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2008 — Founding of the Support Initiative for People with Atypical Sex Development (SIPD), Uganda

Founded by Julius Kaggwa in 2008, the Support Initiative for People with Atypical Sex Development (SIPD) was formed in Kampala, Uganda to create awareness and provide public education and capacity building about intersex issues for key stakeholders, and to mobilise allies and partners as a sustainable way of creating social change. Through these strategies they hope that civil …

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