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Opportunity Monday: Funding, Fellowships & Calls for Queer Creatives — March 9, 2026 Every Monday, KuchuTimes Media Group rounds up opportunities relevant to Uganda's LGBTQ+ community — from funding to fellowships, calls for submissions to training programmes. Bookmark it, share it, a...

Queer creatives, this one's for you. 🗓️ Artivism Fellowship (ForumCiv) — deadline March 10. 💰 FRIDA Young Feminist Fund — open now, no formal registration required. Full details at the link.
🔗 www.kuchutimes.com/2026/03/oppo...

Investing in women means investing in ALL women. Including the ones society keeps trying to make invisible. Happy International Women's Day.

"We are not a new phenomenon. We are part of an ancestral lineage of Africans who loved differently and survived."

Our review of She Called Me Woman is a must-read for every queer African. 🔗 www.kuchutimes.com/2026/03/recl...

"He grew up in Mukono, queer and surviving in a country that criminalized his existence. He wrote it all down. 📖 Boy From Mukono is the memoir we didn't know we needed — but absolutely do.
Read the review 👉 www.kuchutimes.com/2026/02/a-te...
Get the book 👉 www.amazon.com/dp/B0GLJDG4TR

a book review that made me stop and breathe for a second. Touch is catharsis for anyone who's ever been made to feel ashamed of their body, desire, or story. 🧵 Worth your time:
www.kuchutimes.com/2026/02/brea...

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Joan Amek, the Executive Director/Kahuna of Rella Women’s Foundation.
Joan was a fierce visionary and a tireless champion for women and LBQT+ rights in Uganda. Her legacy of courage and justice will never be forgotten. ✊🏾
Rest in Peace Kahuna. 🕯️

"We've Been Here" chronicles Kenya's queer community from the 1950s-70s, documenting stories of self-discovery, love & survival that history tried to erase. A powerful reminder: queer Africans have always existed. Our existence is neither new nor negotiable. 🏳️‍🌈
www.kuchutimes.com/2026/02/book...

Remembering David Kato, Uganda's fearless LGBTQ+ rights pioneer killed in 2011. He stood openly and courageously for equality when it was most dangerous. His words echo on: "We shall win because we are many." His legacy lives in every activist continuing the fight. 🕊️

The Anti-Homosexuality Act's real purpose? Giving corrupt policemen a license to extort, assault, and profit off vulnerable queer Ugandans. Read More : bit.ly/4aeAsJG

Ugandan First : Why Queer Ugandans SHOULD Vote!! This Thursday, Uganda goes to the polls. Streets fill with posters, rallies buzz with promises, and the weight of choice hangs in the air. Elections are often framed as moments of division, but they a...

Before anything else, we are Ugandan. 🇺🇬 Voting is how we claim our belonging and refuse erasure. See why showing up matters: www.kuchutimes.com/2026/01/ugan...

New Year, same resilience, louder voices. 📣❤️ Here’s to thriving in 2026. Happy New Year! 🎆

To our incredible community: You make everything we do worthwhile! Wishing you a Christmas filled with love, laughter, and all the warmth you deserve. Here's to 2025! 🎊 Stay safe and keep shining. — The KuchuTimes Media Group Team

🎄 We're out of office Dec 22 - Jan 6! Wishing you a holiday season filled with peace, love & hope. We'll be available online to share stories from our community. Happy Holidays! 🌈✨
Our Voices, Our Stories, Our Lives 💜

"Our community still faces life imprisonment, evictions & digital violence under one of the world's harshest anti-gay laws. On Human Rights Day we affirm LGBTQ rights ARE human rights. 🏳️‍🌈"
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Bombastic Magazine: Special Edition 🌟 Yosephina's story: After her HIV diagnosis, she refused to disappear—now she advocates for trans women's access to life-saving care.
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ALERT!!
New Special Edition of Bombastic Magazine is coming soon to your inboxes. 😉
This edition we celebrate and honor community voices in the fight against HIV.
Be on the lookout!!!

Exciting Career Opportunity: Finance Manager at Rights4Her Application Deadline: November 21, 2025 Rights4Her, a leading organization dedicated to advancing women's rights and empowerment, is seeking a qualified Finance Manager to join their dynamic team. Th...

Join Rights4Her and make an impact!
Requirements:
✅ Finance/Accounting degree + ACCA/ACPA
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📅 Deadline: Nov 21, 2025
📧 info@rights4her.org
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As we gear up for a new episode of The Legacy Pulse Podcast, you can catch Up on previous episodes of The Legacy Pulse Podcast here: www.kuchutimes.com/radio/ and all podcast platforms!!!

💚 Support via Mobile Money: MTN: 0772463161 Name: Diane Sydney Bakuraira
🌍 International support: gofund.me/ff02235fb
Let's show up for the woman who showed up for us first.
Read More about DJ Racheal Here : www.kuchutimes.com/2025/10/she-...

She made space for us when no one else would. Now DJ Rachael needs our help.

East Africa's first female DJ and LGBTQ+ pioneer is battling stage 4 cancer. The woman who opened her home and gave everything to build our community now needs us to stand with her.

Election season in Uganda = politicians screaming about "the gays" while hospitals lack medicine, schools crumble, and corruption drains billions. Convenient scapegoat when you've got nothing else to campaign on. Now they want to export this "success story" to Ghana. 🎪
Read: bit.ly/4i38hQA

When rights fall in one place, the ripple is felt everywhere. When they stand, hope travels just as far. The Supreme Court just reaffirmed marriage equality—here's why it matters globally. 🌍🏳️‍🌈 bit.ly/3JI848E

We’re live!!! Catch the latest episode of The Legacy Pulse with special guest Godiva Okullo on www.kuchutimes.com/radio/ and all podcast platforms!!!

We mourn the loss of Mulshid Eleas Muwonge Jr., a valued consultant and beloved community friend. His kindness, wisdom, and dedication touched so many lives. Our hearts are with his family and loved ones. Rest in peace, Mulshid. 🕊️

Nudes were leaked. A minister made a statement. The victim named others to save himself. Now multiple lives are destroyed—and this is exactly how Uganda's Anti-gay and Anti-privacy laws were designed to work. Everyone is vulnerable.
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Not Pepe giving us a MASTERCLASS in queer Ugandan history! 🎓 From the early 2000's, Spectrum Initiatives Uganda to Freedom and Roam Uganda to Sexual Minorities Uganda - the origin stories hit different when you know the WHY behind the movement. 🏳️‍🌈
Catch the full episode on all podcast platforms.

🚨 "Next time, no negotiations."
Makerere University students vow to kill peers suspected of being gay. When education teaches hate instead of critical thinking, we all lose.
Full story: bit.ly/4hfaRCq

2007. Masks. Mystery. Now the full story. Pepe breaks down the early days of LGBTQ organizing in Uganda on Episode 1 of Legacy Pulse Podcast. Tune in on KuchuTimes radio or your favorite streaming platform—because history just got real.

Legacy Pulse with Pepe Onziema - YouTube They tried to write us out of the story. We're here to set the record straight—and gloriously queer. Join activist Pepe Onziema as Uganda's LGBT+ trailblazer...

Whatever your Platform, We got you.
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POV: You're about to hear the most legendary story ever told. 🍿 The Legacy Pulse Episode 1 with Pepe Onziema just dropped and CHILE, the way he tells it? Chef's kiss!!!

Available everywhere you stream. No excuses, only earbuds 🎧✨