Friday, August 10, 2012

Gay Pride in Uganda


This is so good to see. These are the brave gays and allies of Uganda celebrating Gay Pride

The Advocate reports
The importance of this Pride event cannot be understated. The fact that these brave activists could pull this off in this milieu of persecution is a great victory for the community. Visibility like this notes the ongoing legacy of late activist David Kato, it defies the export of American Evangelical hate, and it helps ensure defeat of the Bahati Bill. It shows leadership for all of Africa, and above all it shows that the LGBT people of Uganda simply refuse to give up their right to exist and to live their natural born sexual orientation.

So in the words of world renowned, award-winning gay activist, Frank Mugisha who proudly attended the weekend Pride: “We did not have a chance to thank the pride organizers, the entire committee and the grand marshal. Thumbs up to you all who made this happen. Next time we begin the march from the police station.”
Their strength and resilience is inspiring. Let their struggle be the reminder of the work we have to do. 

1 comment:

Roger Poladopoulos said...

Congratulations and salutations to our Ugandan brothers and sisters! Their courage is awesome and an inspiration to us all! Thanks, my blogger brother, for sharing this!

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