Fox Odoi-Oywelowo fought against Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act Ugandan lawmaker Fox Odoi-Oywelowo, pictured at the global equality summit in South Africa in 2024, lost his seat during parliamentary elections January 15. (Enrique Anarte photo courtesy of Thompson Reuters Foundation) LGBTQI+ rights ally Fox Odoi-Oywelowo lost his seat in the Ugandan parliament during national elections Jan 15. Oywelowo represented West Budama North …

Three prominent homophobes lost their bids for reelection to Uganda’s parliament  Voters in Uganda rejected reelection bids of three prominent MPs who had played key roles in introducing harsh anti-LGBT laws in national elections that took place in January amid widespread unrest and allegations of vote rigging. Among the members of parliament who were rejected by the electorate are renowned …

Bireete had spent a month in Ugandan prison on dubious charges Sarah Bireete. (Photo courtesy of CPARuganda.com) Sarah Bireete, a Ugandan human rights activist and the Executive Director of the Centre for Constitutional Governance (CCG) has been released on bail after spending a month in detention over alleged violations of the Data Protection and Privacy Act of 2019. On December …

Reputation of Uganda’s Anita Among tarred by corruption scandal. Anita Among, speaker of Uganda’s parliament A “homosexuality honeymoon” seems to be over for Anita Among, the homophobic speaker of Uganda’s Parliament. In 2023, she orchestrated the enactment of Uganda’s harsh Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), after which she enjoyed months of praise from equally homophobic Ugandans. But now her name is tarred …

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 …