Sheri’s Story (Netballer)
I am Sharifah. I prefer people to call me Sheri. My age is 22, and I am from Kamuli district in Uganda. Proudly, I was one of the lesbians living in the homophobic and horrible Kakuma Refugee Camp. Now we live in South Sudan, in another UN refugee camp. I ran away from my home […]
John’s Story (Manicurist)
I loved and lost. My name is Solomon John Lukwago. I am 31, gay and from Luwero in central Uganda. Here is my story, up to the time I fled from everything I loved and knew. In my life, I didn’t have further education because my parents had no funds to support my education. I […]
Ratif’s Story (Teacher)
I am Ratif, a Rwandese gay man aged 26. My early years In Kigali – Rwanda, I grew up in a family where I was the only boy. My eight elder sisters used to date boys whom they introduced to me. In the long run, this seduced and intimidated me. So, I grew up with […]
Harden’s Story (Working student)
Harden My name is Harden. I’m a national Ugandan gay man aged 21. My life and love in a nutshell This is my story. I knew I was gay when I was in school. After a certain level of education in Uganda, I found a job to survive on my own. I was staying in […]
Gabi’s Story (Truck driver)
I’m called Gabi. I’m a gay Rwandan man aged 35 years. I arrived in Kakuma Camp in 2021 after escaping persecution. About me and my truck driving In my life, I knew I was gay since the day I started feeling a desire for sexual pleasure with the same sex gender. In Rwanda, since my […]
Campos’s Story (Mechanical technician)
Campos My name is Campos, a Congolese man aged 27. I am one of the persecuted LGBT asylum seekers and refugees in Kakuma Refugee Camp here in Kenya From 2014, my second year at university I was a mechanical technician back in my home country, Goma-Congo. 2014 was my second year at university. I started […]
