Pride Uganda was supposed to take place on August 16 but the location was surrounded by police and the decision was made by advocates to suspend the event for the protection of would-be attendees, talkradio.co.uk reports.
This led to activists running their own Pride event on Sunday (August 20). It was organised by Petter Wallenberg, who is the founder of Rainbow Riots, a Swedish Ugandan group which works with LGBTQ people in dangerous countries.
He told Washington Blade: “If we hadn’t managed to somehow get a triumphant ending to an otherwise very sad week, it would have left me feeling a bit traumatised
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