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While most mainstream media continues to uncritically report on the Invisible Children effort, there is a growing body of reporting tying the KONY 2012 authors to the politicized Christian right.
U.S. anti-gay crusaders have taken their show on the road and as a result there is a human rights crisis brewing for LGBT people in Uganda.
I recorded my first YouTube video with the intention of illuminating the fact that, despite everything we've heard, God loves gay people.
She wasn't arrested. Still, Ugandan writer Judy Adong knew the risks when she organized a recent reading of her play, Just You, Me, and the Silence, about her country's anti-homosexuality laws.
If we support the human and civil rights of our LGBTI citizens in the United States, we must also vigorously advocate against the passage of this bill and act to stop state-sanctioned homophobia from taking root in any country.
One year ago we lost a hero: David Kato was murdered in his home in Uganda. David did not become a hero because he died as an advocate for LGBT people; he was a hero because he lived for equality, despite death threats and despite all apparent odds.
An oft-told African proverb (whose precise culture of origin often changes with the teller) asserts that "When elephants fight, the grass suffers." Pu...
There are 32 million people in Uganda, of whom approximately 500,000 or LGBTI, of whom 10 are activists, of whom only five are willing to speak in front of a microphone. Frank is the leader of the five.
Frank Mugisha, the leader of Sexual Minorities Uganda, will receive two prestigious prizes this month in recognition of his tireless advocacy on behalf of LGBTQ Ugandans. We caught up with Frank to get his response to the news of the awards.
Today, at the close of the first four year cycle of the UPR, I leave Geneva disheartened and disappointed that my country of Uganda failed once again to take the rights of its LGBTI citizens seriously.
There is a global war going on against the right of an entire group to fall in love. But this doesn't have to happen, and a new group, if it is supported, could ensure just that.
For those who insist that we are and must be a Christian Nation, may I suggest that the current "Kill the Gays" strategy is not only flawed, it is anything but Christ-like.
Nearly 2 million people have signed online petitions urging Uganda's politicians to reject the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. The bill would make all same-sex intimacy punishable by life in prison.
With all the natural disasters occurring recently -- earthquakes, tsunamis, and tornadoes -- it's easy to miss the man-made disaster about to occur in Uganda. But it will destroy countless lives. And unlike the natural disasters we can do something to stop it.
It's been a tense 48 hours -- just days ago it looked like the Ugandan Parliament was going to use mounting violence in the streets over a potentially rigged election to force a monstrous anti-gay bill through Parliament.
African community groups championing the rights of Africa's sexual minorities are publicly condemning institutionalized homophobia and filing lawsuits arguing for the recognition of LGBT rights.
