We are excited to share the music video for the new track "My Love (is the way it's supposed to be)" by our founder Petter Wallenberg featuring Lady Bunny and queer voices from Rainbow Riots Uganda! Check it out here! Wallenberg created the track in 3...
We are proud to announce that we are releasing a new EP of music today! Rainbow Riots founder, Swedish artist and LGBTQ+ activist activist Petter Wallenberg has composed and produced ‘My Love (is the way it’s supposed to be)’ a disco anthem celebrating love as an...
In the darkest of times we need more joy and resilience to stand strong against hatred and LGBT-phobia. Right now we are working on new music and performances in Uganda and internationally with an important message - and that message is LGBT pride and strength...
We are so excited to announce our new project! In Uganda, a new law, the Anti-Homosexuality Act, criminalises LGBTQ-people with a life sentence or even death penalty. This must stop! In response, Rainbow Riots founder, and a prominent Swedish artist and human rights activist Petter Wallenberg, is...
Rainbow Riots founder Petter Wallenberg and his drag theatre company "Bland Drakar och Dragqueens" ("Amongst dragons and dragqueens") have been invited to hold a seminar for the country's politicians in the Swedish Parliament. The seminar is being organized in collaboration with Civil Rights Defenders, Jan...
Rainbow Riots founding director Petter Wallenberg is taking part in a seminar at Stockholm Pride today. The topic is hos drag show has become a target for hatred and LGBTQ-phobia. Wallenberg will talk about his work as founder and director of Swedish drag show theatre...
Coming soon: new Rainbow Riots project to help LGBT grassroots communities advocate against anti-gay-legislation, and end the violence and discrimination against LGBT people! No human should live in fear because of who they are or who they love! ...
Rainbow Riots is an international non profit LGBT organisation operating in Uganda since 2015. Now things are harder than ever in this East African country, since the introduction of death penalty for homosexuality. To fight this human rights violation we are gathering Ugandan LGBT voices to...
A real LGBT voice from Rainbow Riots Uganda about the Anti-Homosexuality Bill: 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...
A message to the world from a member of Rainbow Riots Uganda: 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...