7 International LGBT Activists You Need To Know About

From: NewNowNext

Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera

Uganda

The editor of Bombastic, Uganda’s first LGBT publication, Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesara recently graced the cover of Time’s European edition, which bore the headline “Out in Africa.”

As the executive directer of Freedom and Roam Uganda, Nabagesara has been beating the drum for equality in Uganda for years. In 2012, she filmed a YouTube video protesting her homeland’s heinous Anti-Homosexuality Bill.

“More than ever, the world shouldn’t neglect the human rights of LGBT people, because we are here to stay—and part and parcel of the development of this world,” Nabagesera told the The Advocate.

“All we need is respect, and protection from violence, and our basic inalienable human rights. Speaking out and bringing attention to the plight of LGBT people is life. I will not be silenced by anyone.”