This is an extreme violation of human rights and has to be stopped. 😫😫😫 #RainbowRiots #LGBT #lgbtq🌈 #lgbtrights #lgbtrightsarehumanrights
A real LGBT voice from Rainbow Riots Uganda about the Anti-Homosexuality Bill:![]()
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As an LGBT person in Uganda, my voice is shielded in fear. It is already illegal to be gay in Uganda, but now life is getting even harder. We are too afraid to speak up against all the misinformation, hatred and pure ignorance. Many of us lead tormented, double lives, getting married, hiding and pretending, to fit in and survive.![]()
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The Ugandan parliament is moving forward with passing the Anti-Homosexuality-bill, which could mean death penalty for “aggravated” homosexuality and 10 years imprisonment for “promotion” of homosexuality. It includes landlords getting imprisoned simply for renting housing to LGBT people. This law is nothing but an extreme violation of our human rights. ![]()
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I say shame on the law makers. They pretend to help society, but their actions cause even more discrimination, ridicule, hatred and death. They sit there in the comfort of parliament and claim that being LGBT is a “trend” that people are recruited into for money. It’s a lie. The reality is that no one creates LGBT-people. We are born the same way they are born. These ministers might even have LGBT relatives, brothers, sisters or children. What will happen to them? ![]()
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Who will shelter us when homeowners get arrested for housing us? ![]()
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Who will report when attacks, violence or even gang rapes are committed against an LGBT person?![]()
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Who will offer legal aid when the judge and lawyer are afraid o and imprisonment?![]()
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Who will help us?![]()
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The list of questions any sane person would ask is endless. And we need answers before it’s too late. Time is soon running out for Uganda’s LGBT people.![]()
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Please support the Ugandan LGBT community in the fight against this dangerous bill. ![]()
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Together, we can work towards a world with love, dignity, and equality for all human beings.![]()
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A message to the world from a member of Rainbow Riots Uganda: ![]()
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Discrimination, homophobia and victimization is a reality for LGBT people in Uganda. Especially for us who are living in the slums. Everyone knows everyone’s business. You fear for your life every day. People in the community support the “Kill the gays-bill” and want our president to sign the bill. That could be a death sentence for us.![]()
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As an LGBT person you receive threats even just walking down the street. Every day you hear the hateful words behind you, as you pass the shops and markets, trying to live your life. Even when they don’t necessarily identify you as LGBT, you can hear their homophobic words, and they cause hurt and torment. It is terrible, the things they say about us.![]()
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They say we are demons, child molesters, animals. That we don’t deserve to live. ![]()
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As a result I have struggled with my sexuality. The other day I was forced to wear a dress because the women I work with were pointing fingers, talking about me and saying that I dress like a man. This sort of thing happens every day.![]()
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We are now victims of these parliamentarians, the mosques and the churches who all spread violent homophobia. They say that LGBT people are not real Africans, but that we are recruited with money from rich Western LGBT organisations. It really shows how little they know us, yet they hold the power to curse us, like Jesus was crucified by those who didn’t know him. ![]()
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We now fear that the government will give people permission to hunt us down. Can you imagine?![]()
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I don’t understand why our leaders are crucifying us. I wish they could understand that it is painful and that they could just come and talk to us. We are human beings. 🌈🌈🌈![]()
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Please support the Ugandan LGBT community in the fight against this dangerous bill. ![]()
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Together, we can work towards a world with love, dignity, and equality for all human beings.![]()
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Support Rainbow Riots by donating here: rainbowriots.com/support-us/
A message to the world from Rainbow Riots Uganda: ![]()
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Uganda’s parliament has proposed a horrifying new law that criminalises even identifying as LGBT. Anyone convicted of "aggravated homosexuality" - could face the death penalty. This is one of the toughest pieces of anti-gay legislation in Africa. ![]()
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Rainbow Riots Uganda want to see respect for all humans, regardless of sexuality and gender identity. This is our right as human beings. ![]()
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We have read and listened to a lot of social media rhetoric on ‘who’ LGBT people are. They say we are evil and satanic. That we are sick, perverted child molesters. But we disagree, because we know who we are and who our friends in the LGBT community are. ![]()
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We belong to a community that is vibrant, caring and supportive. A community full of talented individuals and lovely human beings that share the same dreams of love and happiness as everyone else. We are your brothers, sisters, your children and neighbours and we don’t ask for anything more than to live in peace. This is why hate and misinformation, often supported by religious beliefs, hurts so badly. We are not evil. We are human beings, like you. ![]()
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The ‘Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2023’ bill attacks the human rights of LGBT people to be we are and love who we love without discrimination. All the fundamental human rights will be taken off LGBT people, like the right to education, health and to a life without fear. However, the Bill is still awaiting the president’s signature. It can still be stopped. ![]()
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Please support the Ugandan LGBT community in the fight against this dangerous bill. ![]()
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Together, we can work towards a world with love, dignity, and equality for all human beings.![]()
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Support Rainbow Riots by donating here: rainbowriots.com/support-us/
A message to the world from Rainbow Riots Uganda: ![]()
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In Uganda the situation for LGBT+ people is getting worse. In this East African country it is already illegal to be LGBT+, and now the parliament is once again discussing reintroducing the Anti homosexuality bill, commonly known as the “Kill the gays-bill”. ![]()
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Consequently, Ugandan LGBT+ people are living in fear, and preparing to fight for their lives. If this bill is passed as law it could make same sex relations punishable by death. It also means no LGBT+ community activities, health access or help will be allowed. Life is already hard for this persecuted minority, who are often harassed and driven out of their homes, but it could suddenly become much, much harder..![]()
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Anti-LGBT+ rhetorics are on the rise in Uganda’s traditional and social media, in mosques and churches and on the streets. Every day LGBT+people are accused of being sinners, paedophiles, molesters, satanic and the cause of all evils in society. The rainbow flag is being branded a symbol of Satan and evil instead of peace and love. When you take away a community’s every single symbol of freedom and pride, you take away their humanity. We need to stop this. ![]()
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Since 2015, Rainbow Riots have worked mobilising and helping the Ugandan LGBT+ community, through our local organisation Rainbow Riots Uganda. We will continue to work for equality and justice, so that all humans will have the right to live without fear, no matter where they live. ![]()
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We need to stop the hatred and injustice and share the voices of the silenced LGBT+ people of Uganda. And to do this, we need more people to get behind Rainbow Riots. ![]()
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Spread the word and make the world listen! Amplify this message and follow, support and join Rainbow Riots, so we can make a change. No human should have to live in fear because of who they are or who they love!![]()
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