Today we celebrate you! Your ability to lead with resilience and genuine kindness has created not only a positive and lasting bond among us but also a supportive work environment. May your special day be filled with the same love and joy you bring to SMUG. We love you ❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Men hurt too, but when that hurt has no voice, it often finds fists. we’re starting a conversation many are afraid to have: Unspoken pain fuels violence. Unhealed men hurt others. Healing men means protecting women. Let’s talk about mental health not just as a personal struggle

As Pride meets Juneteenth, we’re reminded: liberation means nothing if it doesn’t include Black queer lives. No freedom without all of us. 🖤🏳️‍🌈✊🏾 #PrideMonth #Juneteenth”

As Pride Month comes to a close, we take a moment to look at the ongoing battle against a legal regime that seeks to erase the very existence of LGBT+ persons in Uganda Here are the highlights of the litigation efforts so far⬇️⬇️

Impact isn’t only what can be counted — it’s also what can be felt. With this new report, SMUG is redefining how we measure progress in Uganda’s LGBTIQ+ movement. ‘How Change Happens’ is a bold call to honor lived realities, resilience, and resistance.🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Pride Month may be over, but Pride lives in us every day — in our joy, our resistance, and our love without apology.🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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

Queer Joy as Resistance. 🌈 Join us for an open mic night celebrating radical queer joy through music, poetry, dance, and presence. Come take the mic, hold space, and be held. ✊🏽🏳️‍🌈 🗓️ Friday, 11 July 🕕 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM EAT 📍Venue shared upon RSVP 🔗 RSVP here:

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.” #nonbinary

“To argue that LGBTQ+ rights are incompatible with African culture is to oversimplify African culture while ignoring history. Ironically, while these laws are framed as defending sovereignty or traditional values, they may weaken the very systems that could improve the nation’s

Elections 2026: what do they mean for marginalized communities? A society cannot call itself truly democratic if some of its citizens are criminalized simply for being who they are. All of this is made worse by the way LGBTQ+ Ugandans are repeatedly scapegoated in public

Happy 50th birthday to one of our founding members. We wish you a splendid birthday today, and many more joyful years ahead of you. We love you 🏳️‍⚧️❤️.

❌ Stop telling women how to be ✅ Start listening to women

The Anti-Homosexuality Act is having devastating effects on Uganda's queer community. In this clip, John Grace from Uganda Minority Shelters Consortium reveals how the new law has exacerbated the homelessness crisis for LGBTQ+ Ugandans. Video Courtesy : East Africa Visual Artists-EAVA Artists

✨ 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

📣 #Youth Hub Seed #Grant applications are open! We're inviting young people to submit a proposal requesting up to USD 10,000 to implement an innovation project addressing a need for young people living with & affected by #HIV. ✅ Apply by 29 September! iasociety.org/grants/youth-h…

Congratulations to edward mwebaza on being appointed the new Executive Director of HRAPF . We look forward to your visionary leadership in advancing equality, justice & human rights to all.✊🏿

Happy Bi-Visibility Day Today we celebrate all Bisexuals. You are visible, you are loved—this is your day. #BiVisibilityDay

Today is World Mental Health Day 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. No one should be left to suffer in silence. To all LGBTQ+ community members navigating

The Law and the Silence: Unpacking Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act In May 2023, Uganda passed one of the harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws in the world: The Anti-Homosexuality Act. It criminalizes same-sex relationships with severe penalties, including the death sentence for what is