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EDITORS NOTE Mbalamusizza Nnyo Mwenna Mu Biti Byammwe, I Greet You All Distinguished Readers EDITORS NOTE Mbalamusizza nnyo mwenna mu biti byammwe, I greet you all distinguished readers. By Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera society, unemployment, and expulsions from schools to mention a few. It is because of the hate that has been instigated by the media that we have decided to undo the myths, lies and hate that have been portrayed throughout the years by publishing our own news source (BOMBASTIC MAGAZINE). With this magazine we hope that people will get a chance to live the life we live by getting a feeling of what it means to be discriminated against by your own people. It is our hope that the stories and information shared in this magazine will open up the eyes of many who think LGBTI persons are recruited for money. As a community under attack it is our duty to inform, raise and create awareness about issues concerning and affecting us. This publication is to give you an insight into the lives Using peaceful means to educate, inform and advocate of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex for our inalienable rights enshrined in the constitution (LGBTI) persons of Ugandan society. The stories you of Uganda, we shall continue to use the judicial system are about to read are real life stories of your parents, to bring about justice, respect and dignity for all brothers, sisters, teachers, clergymen, and friends. members of our community. We shall continue to build a strong community through trainings in Human Rights, Public support for LGBTI persons in Uganda is rooted Leadership, Health, Advocacy and Entrepreneurship, in fear, harmful myths, and lack of education about among others. In the past, our freedom of assembly Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex and associations to empower ourselves were trampled (LGBTI) people. Policymakers and the media have upon by government officials who abused their power shown an eagerness to harness and exploit this bias but that will not stop us from fighting for our rights and thirst for retaliation born out of ignorance in order regardless. to build populist political support. This comes at a great cost: affecting constitutionalism, human dignity, It is our desire that this publication will enlighten many media freedom, community security and public health. Ugandans and people around the world who have been Targeted, informed and principled analysis from indoctrinated into believing that there is only one kind of sexual orientation and gender identity by religious Ugandan experts, in the field of LGBTI is lacking among persons and politicians who have conservative values. elite and public figures and grassroots constituencies across the country. We also hope that state-sanctioned homophobia via the laws that are being proposed will come to an end, The print media is a very important tool for and that instead we will be included in the national communication not only because people read it every health policy. Driving LGBTI persons underground day but also because it’s a tool for education. Ugandan only continues to impede the fight against HIV/AIDS in newspapers reach individuals across all socioeconomic Uganda and worldwide. divisions and are deeply influential. You cannot undo the impact that the media can create; be it positive or BOMBASTIC will speak for the many voiceless LGBTI negative. Ugandans, and the many who are brave enough to share their personal stories. Since 1999, the media has been routinely exposing I want to thank all those brave Ugandans who have people perceived to be LGBTI , publicly humiliating gone out countrywide to distribute the magazine, the and degrading them, and sometimes even publishing many who have worked tirelessly to see the success person details about their homes and workplaces. We of this project and to our friends and allies around the have patiently hoped that one day this will change world who have contributed in many different ways to so that the media can start reporting objectively. But make this a success. because of the media bias, many members of the LGBTI community have been subjected to forceful I wish you great reading and please call and email for evictions by landlords, illegal detentions and arbitrary any comments. arrests by the police, extortion and blackmail, sexual abuse, physical and mental abuse by members of FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY. Aluta Continua. 1 COMINGANTI HOMOSEXUALITY OUT BILL PROUD UGANDAN GAY MAN don’t intend to offend anyone with due respect of all the comments shared, I will say this as a proud I Ugandan Gay Man. I am a Mugisu and took the rit- uals of Imbalu initiation (circumcision) into manhood. We are all people of intelligence, learned and ed- ucated. I have read all that has been shared. I was raised in a Christian family, Catholic and Protestant. I am a father of a 16 year old daughter and a care taker of 8 orphans from my 2 late brothers and I am also God fearing. I am a Teacher and Travel Consultant by profession and today a successful businessman in Kampala. I struggled with accepting myself until the age of 20 when I totally gave up and listened to my heart. I prayed and asked God to change me. There is no price one can pay to stand being called names, being seen as an outcast, discriminated and isolated from society and it’s the reason we come out and ask to be respected and accepted as any other Human being in society. One thing is we have to accept that sex is in the brain and how or where you put it or how you do it will lead you to results of your pleasure. We talk of culture and religion; we talk of protecting the family. Yes, many questions have been asked adultery, fornication etc. Some religious fanatics have lost it so much that they are now misguiding called ill-mannered countries and when we get there, their flock. Even the Bible says ‘I have given you wis- we do not want to return home. Or perhaps should dom and Knowledge.’ Why spend a lot of time build- we go back to wearing bark clothes all in the name ing hate and promoting hatred among Ugandans? Do of culture? Why can’t we focus on development? Ho- we want genocide in Uganda? Is this the Uganda you mosexuals have contributed to the development of want where murders will be supported and ordered this country and are hardworking. The members of by the state? For goodness ‘sake, 50 years since in- parliament and government can afford to send their dependence we still cling on to laws that were intro- children abroad to live there. When you point a fin- duced by the colonialists. While they have moved on ger at someone, be mindful of who the other fingers to amend and develop we are still struggling to bring are pointing at. For once let’s stop speaking falsely laws that will kill or call for life imprisonment, laws of against homosexuals. how people should engage sexually, dress, what to read and not ? What has this got to do with lack of Lastly my sexual orientation hasn’t in anyway affect- drugs in hospitals, corruption? Poor service delivery ed the way I am raising my children. As homosexuals and Poor infrastructure! our sexual preferences may differ but our thinking is the same. How we love and live is no different from The same donors you are condemning have support- what the majority call normal or acceptable. We are all ed our budget for many years. Many roads, schools Ugandans and pay taxes, we are employers and em- and hospitals have been funded by the western com- ployees. My advice is to put more emphasis on one’s munity. A lot of donor funds have been embezzled. credibility and capacity to deliver instead of what they All that the western countries are calling for is respect do in their bedrooms or who they are. What would you of human rights. Today the state wants to control how do supposing your son/daughter came out to you as people should dress. But again let’s not act out of gay? These are your children and it’s difficult to under- ignorance. Some of us hustle to travel to these so stand why you are condemning them mercilessly. 14. 2 COMING OUT HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT A DISEASE THAT CAN BE SPREAD, HATE IS been easy but at the end of the day I can sleep easy By Angel at night and not worry for my safety. Edited by Miles Tanhira That is all I wish for my fellow LGBTQ community and denying a safe environment goes against every ba- sic human right and need. Nobody recruited me to am the youngest in a family of three. As a child, be gay, if anything I went in search of the communi- I got everything I needed. My parents gave me ty to find like-minded people that could understand I what they could and went over and beyond what me. It’s not easy being a teenager and realising that I required. So imagine how I could have still felt like you are going through changes and yet have no one something was missing from my life. to talk to and ask questions and simply understand and not judge you. I would never wish for my son or At 16, I realised I was a lesbian and my life finally daughter to go through anything like this alone and made sense to me. It did not make sense to my fam- for so many years. ily and I hid it from them for the longest time, until I just simply could not take it anymore.
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