Gay Rights Advocate Omar Kuddus remembers Ugandan LGBT activist on the anniversary of his death

Jan. 26, 2013 - PRLog -- Global LGBT Rights Advocate Omar Kuddus remembers David Kato Kisule on the anniversary of his death:

"On January 26th, 2011 the movement to advance human rights for everyone, everywhere, especially in Uganda, lost one of our most fearless leaders.

David Kato Kisule (13 February 1964 - January 26 2011) was a Ugandan teacher and LGBT rights activist, considered a father of Uganda's gay rights movement and described as "Uganda’s first openly gay man".

He served as advocacy officer for Sexual Minorities Uganda.

David Kato never gave up his passion and fight for the rights of Ugandan LGBTs.
and committed and dedicated himself until the moment he was brutally murdered two years ago.

In offices on the outskirts of Kampala, veteran activist David Kato laboured to repeal Uganda's homophobic laws and liberate his fellow LGBTs, or "kuchus" in the face of the "Anti-Homosexuality Bill” that proposes the death penalty for HIV-positive gay men and prison for anyone who fails to turn in a known homosexual.
David was one of the few who dared to publicly protest against the country's government and press.

Working with a dedicated group of fellow activists, he fought for Kampala's kuchus on Ugandan television, in the courts and at the United Nations., because, he insisted "if we keep on hiding, they will say we are not here”

David Kato's memory and mission for Uganda lives on today in the dedicated work of LGBT human rights activists around the world.

David Kat tragic death and loss of his dedication, has enabled activists in Uganda to come together, to stand up and to create a more powerful and unified movement for LGBT human rights, in Uganda.

Please join me in remembering all that David gave to us all during his short life and all that he has inspired others to achieve now that he's gone.

We can never forget that Kato was murdered in 2011, shortly after winning a lawsuit against a magazine which had published his name and photograph identifying him as gay and calling for him to be executed.

Kato was one of the 100 people who Giles Muhame of the Ugandan tabloid newspaper Rolling Stone outed by publishing photographs and names in October 2010 .

The article not only outed him but called for his execution via the caption “HANG THEM,” next to a picture of a noose.

Meet the very brave and inspiring LGBT rights activists in Uganda who are fighting a tide of homophobia driven by imported evangelism, political opportunism and tabloid sleaze. In the video below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52EYw9WZyF8



Call Me Kuchu, spends time with activists before and after Kato's death and examines the political climate that led some of Uganda's rightwing media to call for his execution."
Omar Kuddus

CALL ME KUCHU Trailer
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Meet the very brave and inspiring LGBT-rights (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52EYw9WZyF8)