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JOINT STATEMENT BY LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND INTERSEXUAL (LGBTI) PERSONS ON HIV AND AIDS PREVENTION AND CONTROL BILL, 2010 AIDS is no longer [just] a disease. It is a human rights issue — Nelson Mandela When we discuss a contentious subject like homosexuality, we need to do so recognising that we are talking about human beings…We also need to realise that we live in a large world, not a narrow Uganda…(in) my opinion as a pediatrician and medical doctor who has studied the subject of homosexuality, I can tell you that homosexuality is not an acquired condition. — Dr. Munini Mulera Recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world. — Universal Declaration of Human Rights This memorandum is by the Uganda Health and Science Press Association(UHSPA-Uganda) which is a registered LGBTIQ network of groups and individuals that work to promote health rights of

Rev. Jide in a meeting in Johannesburg Contrary to hatrade and homophobia exported to Uganda by US evangelicals, Nigerian Rev. Rowland Jide Macaulay has extended love to Ugandan gay community. Jide said in a meeting with UHSPA executive director,Kikonyogo Kivumbi in Johannesburg that God loves homosexuals as his children. Jide said there is no reason for distress among Ugandan lesbians,gays,bisexuals,transgenders and intersex people because some christians condemn them. He gave copies of inspirational pocket hand outs for UHSPA members that reassure them that God loves them

An activist hugs a beautiful baby. Below,activists being trained on human rights. SEXWORKERS rights organisation (WONETHA)and UHSPA on March 8th,2011 held joint International Women's Day activities in Kampala. The two organisations visited and donated items to orphaned and abandoned children at Nsambya Children's Home managed by the Catholic Church. Later, activists were trained on sexworkers rights by Mr. Kikonyogo Kivumbi and Ms Sarah Kihika, the Chairperon of WONETHA. Mr Kivumbi translated the training to Luganda. The nun running the children's home thanked the solidarity from Sexworkers and activists. She said she was humbled by the kind gesture of sexworkers as mothers.

Mr. Kivumbi delivering the presentation in Pretoria The Executive Director of UHSPA-Uganda represented the organisation at the African Same Sex and Sexualities Conference in Pretoria on February 4th where he presented a paper on traces of homosexuality in Precolonial African Societies, with reference to Buganda Kingdom situated in Central Uganda. He noted that Africa had sound tolerance and pluralism to same sex people,stressing that colonialism and early Christian ministries disrupted the social order,and gave rise to homophobia. The over 100 activists from Africa also paid tribute to David Kato, the fallen gay rights activist murdered in January this year.