Arrested, harassed and excluded from society: What it’s like to be LGBT+ in Uganda
Portia Crowe speaks to members of the LGBT+ community in Kampala about the daily persecution they face
When angry neighbours started to surround the shelter, Eric Ndawula tried to remain calm.
The 23-year-old volunteer at Let’s Walk Uganda – a charity and shelter for LGBT+ youth – messaged his supervisor, checked the emergency exit and, finding it was blocked, gathered the other young men inside.
As the crowd outside swelled into a mob, and people shouting homophobic slurs tried to scale the compound’s walls, Ndawula dialled a lawyer for advice.
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