SEXUAL MINORITIES UGANDA (SMUG) SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE LGBTIQ+ COMMUNITY IN UGANDA A PRE-COVID 19 TO POST-COVID 19 SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS A publication of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) Kampala, Uganda December 2020 Researchers GEOFFREY OGWARO Senior Research and Policy Officer-SMUG & REGINA TUSIIME Research Assistant/Research and Policy Officer-SMUG SEXUAL MINORITIES UGANDA(SMUG) Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG)
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Background; Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) through the REAct Project under Safety and Protection Department working with Research & Documentation and Linking Learning Department runs the KNOW YOUR RIGHTS program. The Know your Rights Program is an initiative that started about three-four years ago against the need and background to equip LGBTI organization leaders and community
The former Director General of Services at the Ministry of Health was quoted saying “You see for us we are Africans, you come into an environment and say you are gay, people look at you, even if they spit on you, you should see that as normal.” And as thus the Sexual Minorities Uganda report
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