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Standing Up for LGBTQI+ Rights in Uganda

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On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Kasha Nabagesera, Ugandan LGBTQ+ rights activist and Executive Director of Freedom & Roam Uganda (FARUG), about her decades of work. In today’s conversation, Mathias and Kasha discuss: Kasha’s origins as an activist standing up for LGBTQI+ rights, why Uganda is so hostile towards LGBTQI+ people, Bombastic magazine and Kasha’s other work in fighting for rights through digital and print media, Freedom & Roam Uganda’s current initiatives, the current legal situation for LGBTQI+ people in Uganda after the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act, threats to her life and other gender rights activists in Uganda, and her international work.

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On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Kasha Nabagesera, Ugandan LGBTQ+ rights activist and Executive Director of Freedom & Roam Uganda (FARUG), about her decades of work. In today’s conversation, Mathias and Kasha discuss: Kasha’s origins as an activist standing up for LGBTQI+ rights, why Uganda is so hostile towards LGBTQI+ people, Bombastic magazine and Kasha’s other work in fighting for rights through digital and print media, Freedom & Roam Uganda’s current initiatives, the current legal situation for LGBTQI+ people in Uganda after the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act, threats to her life and other gender rights activists in Uganda, and her international work.

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