‘I can’t stop now’: Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ law forces climate activist into exile

Already targeted for opposing the EACOP oil pipeline, claims that he was gay forced Nyombi Morris to flee

When an anonymous caller threatened to rape and arrest Nyombi Morris if he did not stop “promoting homosexuality”, he knew he had to flee Uganda. The 26-year-old climate activist, who had become outspoken about LGBTQ+ rights after his sister was revealed as a lesbian and expelled from school last year, has faced a fierce backlash for his advocacy.

And things only got worse after his environmental non-profit organisation, Earth Volunteers, began collaborating with LGBTQ+ groups to support young people who identified as gay and were at risk of persecution.

Continue reading...

from The Guardian https://ift.tt/uZeVDJp