#Ugandan refugees

[rodspurethoughts]

10-Year-Old to Hold Rock Painting Fundraiser & Auction for Preschool for Ugandan Refugees

FORT WORTH, TX /24-7PressRelease/ — Paisley Elliot knows a lot about helping others and having fun. The fifth grader from Grapevine, Texas, has the big ambition of helping to build a Montessori-inspired preschool for Ugandan refugees at the Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement in Southwestern Uganda. She has begun raising the $35,000 that the project will require. To continue on her path and get others…

[thegirlmirage]

Hello my posts seem to be getting some attention, please consider donating and sharing to my current mutual aid goal for Queer Ugandan refugees. We've previously raised money for this lesbian refuge before, securing their fence and replenishing life saving supplies, now to avoid sickness - their latrine is about full and very likely to overflow from the rains, causing sicknessness amongst the camp, they need £315 for materials, labour, and sanitary products and this will also provide them with privacy.

Please donate (minimum £5) and share, share, share this campaign as it's the fastest way to get it fulfilled soon

£20/£315 !!

[bijoumikhawal]

only going "rape and torture are bad" when people defend Palestinians is pretty fucking scummy, speaking as someone who knows more than the average person on this site does about torture, and hates it real bad and knows a lot of people repeat torture apologia because it's deeply pervasive in modern culture

[tearsofrefugees]

I am who I am: A non-binary Ugandan refugee stands outside the safe house that was founded for often persecuted LGBTQ refugees in Nairobi, Kenya. This previously unpublished portrait from 2020 was recently featured in our Photo of the Day archival collection. Photographer and Nat Geo Explorer Nichole Sobecki made this image as part of her work on how COVID-19 was affecting Kenya.

[cinnamons1999]

Hello,

I’m really sorry to reach out like this and hope I’m sorry if im bothering you. I’m a queer refugee from Uganda, now in Gorom Refugee Camp of South Sudan, where I’ve been in exile for nearly five years due to a life-threatening situation related to my sexual orientation. I represent over 300 LGBTQ+ individuals who are in urgent need of support. If you’re able, any small donation would greatly aid our survival. If not, sharing this message might help us reach someone who can. Your support could make a significant difference in our lives.

https://gofund.me/4d80b32c

Thank you so much for considering.

i dont have money & cant donate myself

[makingqueerhistory]

The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers

Mark Gevisser

More than seven years in the making, Mark Gevisser's The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers is an exploration of how the conversation around sexual orientation and gender identity has come to divide--and describe--the world in an entirely new way over the first two decades of the twenty-first century. No social movement has brought change so quickly and with such dramatically mixed results. While same-sex marriage and gender transition are celebrated in some parts of the world, laws are being strengthened to criminalize homosexuality and gender nonconformity in others. As new globalized queer identities are adopted by people across the world--thanks to the digital revolution--fresh culture wars have emerged. A new Pink Line, Gevisser argues, has been drawn across the globe, and he takes readers to its frontiers. Between sensitive and sometimes startling profiles of the queer folk he's encountered along the Pink Line, Gevisser offers sharp analytical chapters exploring identity politics, religion, gender ideology, capitalism, human rights, moral panics, geopolitics, and what he calls "the new transgender culture wars." His subjects include a Ugandan refugee in flight to Canada, a trans woman fighting for custody of her child in Moscow, a lesbian couple campaigning for marriage equality in Mexico, genderqueer high schoolers coming of age in Michigan, a gay Israeli-Palestinian couple searching for common ground, and a community of kothis--"women's hearts in men's bodies"--who run a temple in an Indian fishing village. What results is a moving and multifaceted picture of the world today, and the queer people defining it.

(Affiliate link above)

[abdulluyombya245]

Hello my name is Abdul luyombya a Ugandan gay man aged 32 I fled Uganda to kenya and UNHCR took me to kakuma refugee camp in the north western turkana region fleeing homophobia and discrimination due to my sexual preferences that it’s a crime to be gay in Uganda. It was 2019 that I fled my home country and while at kakuma camp I met with other lgbt 🏳️‍🌈 refugees who also fled from both Uganda and other East African countries. It was very difficult to stay in the camp due to horrible conditions upon queer refugees we had to go through daily harsh conditions including death of our colleagues by homophobic refugees plus local natives called the turkana people plus police brutality. Last year in December on 19th after the Kenyan government refused to expedite our cases we had no option than to flee to South Sudan were we are now about 350men,women plus kids all starving with food scarcity plus medicine and shelters. I would really appreciate your intervention into our situation if at all you can,as you know we barely have food at camp yet within us we have mates with hiv positive statuses and they luck a lot plus kids who luck milk,I recently mate a friend who set us a fundraising page and would be glad if you can read about our situation through that page in my bio to see if you can help share it or donate something to our cause Lastly if at all you have any other social media platforms such as instagram or WhatsApp where we can talk on a video call so that you could meet my other representatives that would mean a lot to me. Thanks for accepting me to briefly share with you about our experience and happy to hear from you soon again. You can help us via our fundraising page below

https://gofund.me/e2d7538e

Yours faithfully,

Luyombya Abdul

Queer ACTVIST

Gorom refugee camp

[genderkoolaid]

In my gender studies class today we were talking about immigration and asylum specifically in regards to trans women, and it was a very interesting topic, but when someone asked if we had any data or stories about the struggles trans men faced when seeking asylum, the teacher said no. This isn't the teacher's fault, I don't expect her to go out and personally collect data, but it's sad to me. We never talk about trans men or transmascs when talking about trans issues. The one time trans men were mentioned was the briefly say that they got periods, and that was just a sidenote.

This is not to say that trans women aren't important, it's important to hear about these issues, it's just something I noticed. idk

I don't know of any studies on immigrant transmascs (or abinary people for that matter), but I do know of some specific situations that may be relevant:

Yuen "Chin" Tzu is a diabetic Chinese trans man who was held in solitary confinement by ICE for 19 months and denied medical care; the article talks about imprisoned trans people are specifically targeted by solitary confinement.

A Ukrainian trans man talked about how he had to detransition while fleeing the country with his mother

Possibly less relevant but there is also Chriton Atuhwera, a trans man and Ugandan refugee who was killed in a refugee camp in a suspected hate crime and a Tunisian refugee who was stabbed to "make an example out of him"

I would send these to your teacher as things she can talk about alongside the information on trans women.

[kaapstadgirly]

Yesterday, here on tumblr, someone reached out to me, seeking help. And now I am here seeking yours. I don't care about your opinions and views. The matter of the fact is that everyone deserves to be treated as human beings, and they deserve the rights of human beings as we all do.

Right now, we have a violation of the LGBTQ+ community in Uganda after its government passed one of the harshest anti-gay laws, which includes punishment by death.

Here are two Al Jazeera articles on this:

1. Displaced twice: Gay Ugandans on the run face upheaval in Kenya

2. Ugandas anti lgbtq law causing wave of rights abuses activists say

Yesterday, @annoyingpaintertragedy (please take a look at their blog) reached out to me regarding this. They mentioned that many of Ugandas lgbtq civilians were forced to flee Uganda to neighboring Kenya. But situations are just as bad in Kenya. They spoke of the Kakuma refugee camps where they now live along with many other refugees.

I myself am just now learning of this. But if you have any information or links of organizations that may help regarding this situation, please send them to me or add them to the reblogs.

[tvvigjuice]

@lydia256 is Ugandan by nationality and is from kakuma refugee camp.

kakuma refugee camp is based for refugees but after her parents and and the community discovered that she is a lesbian, they wanted to kill her. Luckily, she escaped and ran to the nearest country, Kenya, and was registered by UNHCR. Her life is really challenging, she has been beaten several times because of her sexuality and was denied all services. Her life is in danger.

If there’s is anything you can do to support her, please do. Thank you for reading all the way through ❤️❤️❤️

[thatoneweirdowhoknowstoomuch]

PLEASE HELP THIS PERSON

This is @kavumas-blog, an Ugandan whos part of the LGBT community, forced to leave her home due to their sexuality, seeking Kenya for asylum, and then left for south Sudan as their situation got worse. However, at Kakuma refugee camp, they were attack, their shelter set on her and being refused basic supplies.

As many would see on my pinned post, I cannot help due to lack of credit card, but what I can do is spread word and have someone be generous enough to start a fundraiser of some kind.

@monsieurivoblan

@w4llyw4tch3rz-backup-deactivate

Please spread word

[crossdreamers]

LGBTQ-refugees in Kenya are facing a tough dilemma

Photo: Nakafeero Swabulah, a young lesbian LGBTQ-leader in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya

Ugandan LGBTQ refugees in Kenya's Kakuma camp face a difficult choice between staying there with little hope for resettlement or moving to South Sudan's Gorom camp, which offers better prospects for relocation to LGBTQ-friendly countries.

The refugees fled severe and violent persecution in Uganda but continue to face discrimination and violence in the camps.

While the UN aims to help, they are constrained by the need to maintain good relations with local governments.

The government of Kenya is not accepting persecution for being LGBTQ a valid reason for refugee status. The local LGBTQ movement has won some victories, but also many tragic losses.

Some refugees have moved from Kakuma to Gorom, where the US and Canadian governments have granted resettlement status to several Ugandan refugees. However, the actual relocation process is complex and uncertain.

Photo: Ugandan LGBTQ-refugee from Gorom on his way to Canada

Nakafeero, an LGBTQ refugee leader, is considering moving her group from Kakuma to Gorom. She is currently visiting Gorom to assess conditions and gather information.

She says that the camp provides basic housing and services, but resources are limited and costs are higher than in Kenya.

The situation remains fluid, with refugees spread between both camps.

Unfortunately a large number of African countries persecute LGBTQ people. The argument is that being gay or trans is against local tradition and that queer identities are part of Western colonialism. The opposite is true. It was for the most part Western colonial powers that introduced the kind of bigotry we see today, and it is Western right wing religious fundamentalists that feed the flames of hate now.

Photo: UN refugee tents in the Gorom camp in South Sudan.

More here: Where to find hope of escape: In Kenya or South Sudan?

See also:

A lesbian refugee from Uganda is doing her best to assist LGBT people living in a refugee camp in Kenya. You can help her.

Report from a young Ugandan lesbian refugee in Kenya.

LGBTQ Kakuma refugees decide to move to South Sudan camp in hope of repatriation

Petition demands Kenyan government stop discriminating against queer asylum seekers

Gay and targeted in Uganda: Inside the extreme crackdown on LGBTQ rights

Uganda’s 2023 anti-homosexuality act is already costing the country.

Donations to LGBTQ-refugees in Kakuma in Kenya.

Donations to LGBTQ-refugees in Gorom in South Sudan

[hundsrose]

URGENT CALL FOR HELP!! DEADLINE JANUARY 6TH 2025!!

Ive been in touch with Prosper from Kakuma refugee camp for some time now and today she told me a really horrid story about her friend Jordan being imprisoned:

On December 29th 2024 Jordan, a trans woman and also a resident of the Kakuma refugee camp, was arrested by the Ugandan police after traveling to Nakawa, Kampala to visit a friend of hers while meeting at a bar. The cause of her arrest is excused by the discriminatory Anti-Homosexuality act that the Parliament of Uganda upholds against it`s citizens and which makes it possible for police to persecute and surpress many queer people just like Jordan.

The police now demands 550$ by January 6th 2025 for not officially letting the case go to court, which could, because of Ugandas unclear and arbitrarily pre-emulated legal definitions, mean an even longer and undefined prison sentence for Jordan.

Jordans only crime was to live and exist as a trans woman. That is not acceptable and exactly why we need your help to fight for her freedom and justice right now!

There`s sadly not a lot of time left until January 6th so it would mean a lot to Prosper and me if you could donate, if possible, and share this campaign around your friends and family.

Thank you so much in advance already!

[adocatezaabah]

Fellows

Urgent helpmis needed to feed desperate & hungry Ugandan Lgbtq refugees languishing at Gorom Refugee Settlement camp in South Sudan

World Food Program South Sudan has been unable to help with Monthly rations since October (Read attached letter)

Any help will be appreciated

Advocate/Share/Donate

[lgbtiqrefugeesblog]

Urgent Hunger Crisis in Refugee Camps: Opportunity to Save Lives

Dear Friends

I bring urgent news of a hunger crisis unfolding in refugee camps across Africa. The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced a drastic reduction in food rations, affecting the most vulnerable among us. This alarming development threatens the lives of countless refugees who rely on these rations for survival. However, amidst this crisis, there is an opportunity for the platform to make a difference and save lives.

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Pablo or you can call me Peter, and I stand as a leader among East African refugee in camps. I am deeply committed to ensuring the well-being and dignity of my fellow community members. Together, we have launched the African LGBTIQ'S Refugee Camp Victory Gossiping/spreading awareness about our horrific situations.

Our mission is clear: to look vital support for us residing in refugee camp in Africa. Many have fled from the dire consequences of the anti-homosexuality act of 2023 passed by the Ugandan Parliament and others family, community threats, seeking refuge far from home. However, their journey is far from over, especially now with the impending food crisis.

The African LGBTIQ'S Refugee Camp Victory Gossiping/spread awareness aims to address the urgent needs of our community members, including sustainable food and clean water supplies, safe shelter, comprehensive medical care, reliable internet access, educational resources, adequate clothing, and hygiene products.

The recent announcement by the WFP regarding reduced food support amplifies the urgency of our mission. With food rations set to decrease by 10-20% starting july 2024, the situation is dire. We are facing unimaginable challenges, and your support can make a significant difference in our lives.

By contributing to the African LGBTIQ'S Refugee Camps Victory Gossiping/spread awareness, you can help ensure that those of us living in the camp have access to the basic necessities required for survival and dignity. Your generosity will provide more than just aid—it will offer hope and resilience to those who need it most.

Join us in our mission to combat hunger and provide a brighter future for African LGBTIQ'S refugees in Africa. Together, we can make a tangible impact and save lives in the face of adversity.

Your support matters and be a part of this life-saving initiative: please DM me because we haven't gotten any donations links. #DM

Thank you for your compassion and solidarity during this critical time.

With gratitude and hope,

Pablo-refugee

[thecanadianweeb]

Please Read:

This is an important message that I recommend you all to read and possibly donate towards.

So I recently made a friends with a queer Ugandan refugee who had fled for his safety to The Kakuma Refugee camp in South Sudan.

I am aware that there has been and currently is a scam going around profiting off of these poor souls cuz I was a victim of one.

But basically they don’t have a lot of money or legal recognition as being queer is also illegal in Sudan. Because of this, they don’t have access to proper healthcare and sanitation and a lot of queer refugees have died or gotten sick from many things, including mosquitos.

Unfortunately I never seem to have enough money or a way of sending it to these sites as I don’t have a credit card or job yet.

If you could donate towards this cause, it would be grately appreciated.

Here is the link: https://lgbtq-kakuma.com/