Anti-LGBT law has made it harder for queer Ugandas to access health services Patient visits an HIV clinic in rural Uganda. (Photo courtesy of UNICEF) Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) has urged the Ugandan authorities to repeal the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) 2023, if it is serious about protecting the gains Uganda has made in preventing and ending HIV/AIDS …

Anti-Homosexuality Act has created human rights crisis in Uganda Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni , who signed the Anti-Homosexuality Act into law in May 2023. (Photo courtesy of the BBC) Ugandan organisations advocating for LGBTQI+ rights recently spoke out in unison on Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, against the growing restrictions on fundamental human rights, the systematic targeting of human rights …

Study finds LGBTQI+ people with HIV avoid faith-based health services due to stigma In 2023, a medical clinic officer examines a transgender Ugandan patient at an anti-AIDS clinic that at the time was supported by U.S. foreign aid funds. (Abubaker Lubowa photo courtesy of Reuters) COMMENTARY While Uganda has been hailed as a model in the fight against HIV/AIDS, religious …

Uganda hopes Ghana will host region-wide anti-LGBTQ conference Alban Bagbin, speaker of Ghana’s parliament, is leading the charge to pass the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, which would crack down on LGBTQ expression and activism. Ghana is close to enacting a harsh anti-LGBTQI+ law similar to Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) 2023, threatening the country’s long-held reputation as one …

Attempted student lynching latest example of growing anti-LGBTQ violence in Uganda Makerere University’s Main Building in Kampala Uganda. A residence hall was the site of an attempted lynching of an allegedly gay student, and mob violence that destroyed school and student property. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) Uganda’s largest institution of higher learning, Makerere University in Kampala, has suspended a …

As Uganda prepares for next year’s elections, candidates are avoiding LGBTQ issues     “The AHA remains in force, and the needs of LGBTQ Ugandans remain excluded from the gains politicians are so eager to celebrate” — Ugandan sexual minorities activist Frank Mugisha Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (Abubaker Lubowa photo courtesy of Reuters) COMMENTARY The campaigns for the 2026 elections in Uganda …

Event at World Health Summit fosters important dialogue on push to end HIV Scene from the World Health Summit 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Lawmakers from around the world met at an event during the World Health Summit in Berlin October 12-14 to foster dialogue on how to mobilize political will, defend equal rights, and build inclusive and sustainable responses to …

Ugandan Archbishop has history of protesting queer acceptance in Anglican Church Archbishop Sarah Mullally (Alberto Pezzali photo courtesy of AP) Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Rev. Steven Kaziimba Mugalu is not happy with the appointment of the Dame Sarah Mullally as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, saying that her “support and advocacy” for same-sex marriages is unbiblical. In a …