10 Facts About Kasha Nabagesera

Kasha Nabagesera received the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders in 2011 and the Right Livelihood Award in 2015.

Kasha Nabagesera refers to it as a Nuremberg law that mandates stiff sentences ranging from prison sentences to the death penalty, which rules that citizens who do not report homosexuals to the authorities can face up to three years in jail.

In 2011, Kasha Nabagesera was said to be the only founding member of the LGBT movement from the 90s still living in Uganda.

Kasha Nabagesera spoke at the 2017 WorldPride summit in Madrid, and led a discussion about LGBTQIA+ in Africa with Najma Kousri from Tunisia, South African Yahia Zaidi, Alimi Bisi Ademola from Nigeria, and Michele Ndoki from Cameroon.

In 2013 Kasha Nabagesera founded a magazine, Bombastic, with writing from LGBT Ugandans about the discrimination they had experienced.

In 2011, Kasha Nabagesera was named in the centenary celebration of International Women's Day.

Kasha Nabagesera was listed among the 50 most inspiring Feminist Women in Africa in 2011 and is the first gay rights activist to receive the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders.

Kasha Nabagesera's passion to promote equality and her tireless work to end a despicable climate of fear is an inspiration to LGBT activists the world over.

In February 2013, Kasha Nabagesera was given the Honorary Award of QX magazine in Stockholm, Sweden.

In December 2024, Kasha Nabagesera was included on the BBC's 100 Women list.