President Museveni of Uganda signs into law a bill that sentences LGBTQ people convicted of sodomy, gay marriage, or promotion of homosexual activities to life imprisonment.
The UK Border Agency has detained Ugandan asylum seeker Jacqueline Nantumbwe, placing her at risk of abuse and deportation unless she can “prove” she’s gay.
From India to Uganda, the legacy of British colonial sodomy laws live on today in many countries around the world. What can or should the Commonwealth do about this, if…
March 11th was Commonwealth Day! The Queen did some stuff to celebrate: most notably, she signed an equal rights charter, which is the first time in her 61-year reign that…
The River and the Mountain, by British playwright Beau Hopkins, might be the most dangerous play in town. Because that town is Kampala, Uganda, and this play is about a…
In Nabagesera’s words, “the struggle for human rights is one struggle and no human rights defender should be left to do this work alone. Courage is our virtue, and freedom…
It now appears that the vote that was rescheduled to Friday never occurred, and the bill has expired, effectively taking it off the table for the time being.
Online petitions had over 1.4 million signatures as of yesterday afternoon, and the impending vote on Uganda’s “Kill The Gays” bill is temporarily called off.