Ugandan LGBTI and sex worker advocacy organizations are now accepting nominations for their 2015 Human Rights Awards. The awards being sponsored by Spectrum Uganda and Youth On Rock, two Ugandan organization that both fight Aids and seek recognition of human rights for LGBTI Ugandans and sex workers. Deadline for nominations is Nov. 29 via the … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Frank Kamya
Hundreds gather for peaceful IDAHOT pride in Uganda
Ugandan LGBT and sex worker communities gathered on Saturday (May 16) for their second annual peaceful Pride celebration, sponsored by the grassroots anti-HIV, pro-LGBT Youth on Rock Foundation. The event was scheduled to coincide with the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT). It brought together 240 Ugandan LGBT and sex workers from a variety … Continue reading
Ugandan LGBTI solidarity celebration coming May 16
This is a revised and updated version of the article originally published on April 22. LGBTI and sex worker activists in Uganda are preparing for a celebration of solidarity, with an emphasis on developing self-sufficiency in their community. The local Youth on Rock Foundation is organizing the event in conjunction with the International Day Against … Continue reading
Profile of a busy queer Ugandan sex worker activist
Ugandan anthropologist and social science researcher Stella Nyanzi writes here about Frank Kamya (Kanobana Mwanje Franco), a queer sex worker activist who has been a driving force behind two activist organizations fighting HIV in Kampala’s poorest neighborhoods, the Youth on Rock Foundation and the Come Out Post-Test Club. She wrote this commentary in advance of … Continue reading
Performers seek your help for LGBT refugees in Kenya
Gay-friendly Ugandan anthropologist and social science researcher Stella Nyanzi describes preparations for the March 28 performance that will raise money to help beleaguered Ugandan LGBTQ asylum seekers in Kenya. Below are photos of the living conditions of some of those Ugandan refugees in Kenya. By Stella Nyanzi Only a few hours are left to the … Continue reading
Uganda concert to raise funds for LGBTQ refugees in Kenya
Activists in Uganda are planning a concert on Saturday to raise money for Ugandan LGBTQ asylum seekers in Kenya, several hundred of whom have been suffering since they fled their homeland for protection against anti-gay violence. Earlier this month, LGBTI Ugandan refugees in Kenya protested at the Nairobi office of the U.N. High Commissioner on … Continue reading
Germany’s fears block Ugandans’ trip to safety seminar
By Ruby Pratka Members of a Ugandan LGBT youth group will have to keep waiting to attend a security training seminar in Germany, due to visa difficulties. The four-day seminar was organized by the German activist group Helping a Minority in a Minority (HAMIAM) and was initially supposed to include 36 young Ugandans from … Continue reading
Kuchus’ Day Out: a time to celebrate despite anti-gay law
About 100 people gathered on a Ugandan beach last weekend to celebrate LGBT solidarity in an increasingly anti-gay country — and to have fun. The event, called Kuchus’ Day Out, was organized by the anti-AIDS and pro-LGBT rights advocacy group Youth on Rock Foundation. The word “kuchu” — Ugandan slang for “gay” — is a … Continue reading
Uganda’s anti-gay bill makes AIDS harder to fight
The work of AIDS fighters in Uganda has grown more difficult because of the passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, even though it has not been signed into law. Many LGBT people are again afraid to go to health clinics, even the ones that in recent years had gradually been persuaded to serve them, because sexual … Continue reading
Will AIDS activist’s death boost HIV support services?
The Youth on Rock Foundation is working to improve its HIV education and support services in conjunction with a memorial for foundation member Abby Love (Abby Mukasa), who died April 24 of complications related to AIDS. Mukasa was an active member of the foundation, a community-based organization working on issues affecting the LGBT/sex worker communities … Continue reading
