Sexual Minorities Uganda
@smug2004.bsky.social
An LGBTQ Social Movement in Uganda.
Since 2004 | Justice & Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex & Queer in Uganda | Advocacy | Research | Capacity | Safety & Protection
Since 2004 | Justice & Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex & Queer in Uganda | Advocacy | Research | Capacity | Safety & Protection
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. We continue to grieve, remember, and honor all the transgender lives lost to violence.
May their memories inspire us to fight for justice, dignity, and safety for all.
#TDoR
May their memories inspire us to fight for justice, dignity, and safety for all.
#TDoR
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. We continue to grieve, remember, and honor all the transgender lives lost to violence.
May their memories inspire us to fight for justice, dignity, and safety for all.
#TDoR
May their memories inspire us to fight for justice, dignity, and safety for all.
#TDoR
Visibility and freedom: This Transgender Awareness Week, we uplift every trans Ugandan living boldly and bravely, honoring their journeys and amplifying their voices with pride. #transawarenessweek
November 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Visibility and freedom: This Transgender Awareness Week, we uplift every trans Ugandan living boldly and bravely, honoring their journeys and amplifying their voices with pride. #transawarenessweek
Today at 10:00 AM, the Supreme Court of Uganda will hear the case of SMUG & Others vs the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB). The fight for legal recognition and justice continues.
November 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Today at 10:00 AM, the Supreme Court of Uganda will hear the case of SMUG & Others vs the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB). The fight for legal recognition and justice continues.
Elections 2026: protecting the rights and dignity of Uganda's minority groups.
Among these are the daily struggles faced by minority Ugandans, including LGBTQ individuals, who continue to bear the brunt of exclusion and discrimination under the current legal environment.
observer.ug/viewpoint/el...
Among these are the daily struggles faced by minority Ugandans, including LGBTQ individuals, who continue to bear the brunt of exclusion and discrimination under the current legal environment.
observer.ug/viewpoint/el...
October 14, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Elections 2026: protecting the rights and dignity of Uganda's minority groups.
Among these are the daily struggles faced by minority Ugandans, including LGBTQ individuals, who continue to bear the brunt of exclusion and discrimination under the current legal environment.
observer.ug/viewpoint/el...
Among these are the daily struggles faced by minority Ugandans, including LGBTQ individuals, who continue to bear the brunt of exclusion and discrimination under the current legal environment.
observer.ug/viewpoint/el...
This year’s theme, “Access to services – mental health in catastrophes and emergencies,” reminds us that mental health care is a right, not a privilege.
To all LGBTQ+ community members navigating mental distress from discrimination to economic hardship and violence. You are not alone. 💚
To all LGBTQ+ community members navigating mental distress from discrimination to economic hardship and violence. You are not alone. 💚
October 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This year’s theme, “Access to services – mental health in catastrophes and emergencies,” reminds us that mental health care is a right, not a privilege.
To all LGBTQ+ community members navigating mental distress from discrimination to economic hardship and violence. You are not alone. 💚
To all LGBTQ+ community members navigating mental distress from discrimination to economic hardship and violence. You are not alone. 💚
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✨ UGALEF 2025 – Coming Soon ✨
The wait is almost over! 🚨
This year we gather under the powerful theme: “Resisting, Reimagining, and Organizing: Building Autonomous Resourcing & Sustaining Our Struggles on Our Own Terms.”
💡 A space to challenge.
🔥 A space to dream.
🌍 A space to build together.
The wait is almost over! 🚨
This year we gather under the powerful theme: “Resisting, Reimagining, and Organizing: Building Autonomous Resourcing & Sustaining Our Struggles on Our Own Terms.”
💡 A space to challenge.
🔥 A space to dream.
🌍 A space to build together.
September 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
✨ UGALEF 2025 – Coming Soon ✨
The wait is almost over! 🚨
This year we gather under the powerful theme: “Resisting, Reimagining, and Organizing: Building Autonomous Resourcing & Sustaining Our Struggles on Our Own Terms.”
💡 A space to challenge.
🔥 A space to dream.
🌍 A space to build together.
The wait is almost over! 🚨
This year we gather under the powerful theme: “Resisting, Reimagining, and Organizing: Building Autonomous Resourcing & Sustaining Our Struggles on Our Own Terms.”
💡 A space to challenge.
🔥 A space to dream.
🌍 A space to build together.
Today we celebrate all Bisexuals. You are visible, you are loved—this is your day. 💖💜💙 #BiVisibilityDay
September 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Today we celebrate all Bisexuals. You are visible, you are loved—this is your day. 💖💜💙 #BiVisibilityDay
Burkina Faso’s Parliament passed a law on 2nd September 2025, first approved by President Ibrahim Traoré in July 2024.
Offenders now face 2–5 years in prison and fines for “promoting homosexuality.”
We stand in solidarity with queer people in Burkina Faso.
Offenders now face 2–5 years in prison and fines for “promoting homosexuality.”
We stand in solidarity with queer people in Burkina Faso.
September 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Burkina Faso’s Parliament passed a law on 2nd September 2025, first approved by President Ibrahim Traoré in July 2024.
Offenders now face 2–5 years in prison and fines for “promoting homosexuality.”
We stand in solidarity with queer people in Burkina Faso.
Offenders now face 2–5 years in prison and fines for “promoting homosexuality.”
We stand in solidarity with queer people in Burkina Faso.
This brings us to a broader, urgent point: Uganda desperately needs needs comprehensive sexuality education. Adolescents are growing up in a world where they encounter conflicting messages from peers, media, and society, often without reliable guidance.
observer.ug/viewpoint/nt...
observer.ug/viewpoint/nt...
August 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This brings us to a broader, urgent point: Uganda desperately needs needs comprehensive sexuality education. Adolescents are growing up in a world where they encounter conflicting messages from peers, media, and society, often without reliable guidance.
observer.ug/viewpoint/nt...
observer.ug/viewpoint/nt...
Happy International Non-Binary People’s Day 💜💜
A day to affirm, celebrate and uplift those living beyond the gender binary..
“To all non-binary people in Uganda — you are not alone. You are loved. You are powerful. You belong.”
A day to affirm, celebrate and uplift those living beyond the gender binary..
“To all non-binary people in Uganda — you are not alone. You are loved. You are powerful. You belong.”
July 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Happy International Non-Binary People’s Day 💜💜
A day to affirm, celebrate and uplift those living beyond the gender binary..
“To all non-binary people in Uganda — you are not alone. You are loved. You are powerful. You belong.”
A day to affirm, celebrate and uplift those living beyond the gender binary..
“To all non-binary people in Uganda — you are not alone. You are loved. You are powerful. You belong.”
Great News!
UN renews crucial human rights expert mandate on sexual orientation and gender identity. The Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) will now be able to continue the work for three more years.
UN renews crucial human rights expert mandate on sexual orientation and gender identity. The Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) will now be able to continue the work for three more years.
July 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Great News!
UN renews crucial human rights expert mandate on sexual orientation and gender identity. The Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) will now be able to continue the work for three more years.
UN renews crucial human rights expert mandate on sexual orientation and gender identity. The Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) will now be able to continue the work for three more years.
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June 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
June 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Why celebrating pride is important.
Pride is awareness, Pride is resilience, it's simply expressing and existing together as a community.
It's solidarity for many people who can't celebrate or march.
Pride means refusing to be erased and choosing to simply be who you are.
#pridemonth #Igbtq #pride
Pride is awareness, Pride is resilience, it's simply expressing and existing together as a community.
It's solidarity for many people who can't celebrate or march.
Pride means refusing to be erased and choosing to simply be who you are.
#pridemonth #Igbtq #pride
June 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Why celebrating pride is important.
Pride is awareness, Pride is resilience, it's simply expressing and existing together as a community.
It's solidarity for many people who can't celebrate or march.
Pride means refusing to be erased and choosing to simply be who you are.
#pridemonth #Igbtq #pride
Pride is awareness, Pride is resilience, it's simply expressing and existing together as a community.
It's solidarity for many people who can't celebrate or march.
Pride means refusing to be erased and choosing to simply be who you are.
#pridemonth #Igbtq #pride
Living in a country with laws that violate our human rights is a huge challenge. Cheers to everyone still standing, still fighting for a better place to live.
June 4, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Living in a country with laws that violate our human rights is a huge challenge. Cheers to everyone still standing, still fighting for a better place to live.
Happy Pride Month! 🌈🏳️🌈
May this month be filled with love, joy, compassion, and a celebration of our vibrant, diverse community.
May this month be filled with love, joy, compassion, and a celebration of our vibrant, diverse community.
June 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Happy Pride Month! 🌈🏳️🌈
May this month be filled with love, joy, compassion, and a celebration of our vibrant, diverse community.
May this month be filled with love, joy, compassion, and a celebration of our vibrant, diverse community.
May 17, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Checkout this uplifting article, featuring #LGBT rights defenders, Rosanna Flamer-Caldera of @equalgroundsl.bsky.social and Frank Mugisha of @smug2004.bsky.social and their stories of resilience: globalvoices.org/2025/04/24/f...
From Uganda to Sri Lanka: The fight for LGBTQ+ equality and freedom
Frank Mugisha and Rosanna Flamer-Caldera are LGBTQ+ activists from Uganda and Sri Lanka respectively. Despite violence and social reprisal, they continue to fight against their countries' anti-LGBTQ+ ...
globalvoices.org
May 6, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Checkout this uplifting article, featuring #LGBT rights defenders, Rosanna Flamer-Caldera of @equalgroundsl.bsky.social and Frank Mugisha of @smug2004.bsky.social and their stories of resilience: globalvoices.org/2025/04/24/f...
Happy Lesbian Visibility Day
Sending love and light to all the incredible lesbians out there — today and every day.
👩❤️💋👩💕💗
Sending love and light to all the incredible lesbians out there — today and every day.
👩❤️💋👩💕💗
April 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Happy Lesbian Visibility Day
Sending love and light to all the incredible lesbians out there — today and every day.
👩❤️💋👩💕💗
Sending love and light to all the incredible lesbians out there — today and every day.
👩❤️💋👩💕💗
Happy Easter to you all! May this day bring gentle moments, peace joy, and the warmth of love from those dearest to you.
April 20, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Happy Easter to you all! May this day bring gentle moments, peace joy, and the warmth of love from those dearest to you.
Pepe spoke at Univ. of Paris-Nanterre on April 10, invited by ADUH & STOP Homophobie. He addressed LGBTQ+ criminalization & urged centering queer voices in legal work. Cited SMUG v. Lively case & was proud SRT reports he coordinates were referenced by scholars & advocates.
April 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Pepe spoke at Univ. of Paris-Nanterre on April 10, invited by ADUH & STOP Homophobie. He addressed LGBTQ+ criminalization & urged centering queer voices in legal work. Cited SMUG v. Lively case & was proud SRT reports he coordinates were referenced by scholars & advocates.
Mr. Jean-Marc Berthon, the French Ambassador for the Rights of LGBT+ People, has met with Programs Director of Sexual Minorities Uganda, Mr. Pepe Julian Onziema, in Paris, France to reiterate France’s commitment to equality for sexual and gender minorities.
April 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Mr. Jean-Marc Berthon, the French Ambassador for the Rights of LGBT+ People, has met with Programs Director of Sexual Minorities Uganda, Mr. Pepe Julian Onziema, in Paris, France to reiterate France’s commitment to equality for sexual and gender minorities.
Transgender day of Visibility is a time to celebrate the journey of transgender community, honor the leaders who have been vocal in advocating for trans visibility and equality, and recognize the progress made while acknowledging the work that still lies ahead.
Happy Trans Day of visibility
#TDoV
Happy Trans Day of visibility
#TDoV
March 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Transgender day of Visibility is a time to celebrate the journey of transgender community, honor the leaders who have been vocal in advocating for trans visibility and equality, and recognize the progress made while acknowledging the work that still lies ahead.
Happy Trans Day of visibility
#TDoV
Happy Trans Day of visibility
#TDoV
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Uganda | Human rights lawyer Godiva Akullo wins the 2025 David Kato Award for fearless LGBTQ+ advocacy. Once behind the scenes, now boldly public—because dignity, rights, and equality aren't up for debate, no matter how loud the haters scream.
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Human rights lawyer Godiva is not new in the activism community, especially in fighting for the rights of sexual minorities. They have always operated under the radar, but over the past few years, they amplified their activism from the boardroom into the public domain.
Human rights lawyer Godiva is not new in the activism community, especially in fighting for the rights of sexual minorities. They have always operated under the radar, but over the past few years, they amplified their activism from the boardroom into the public domain.
observer.ug
March 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Uganda | Human rights lawyer Godiva Akullo wins the 2025 David Kato Award for fearless LGBTQ+ advocacy. Once behind the scenes, now boldly public—because dignity, rights, and equality aren't up for debate, no matter how loud the haters scream.