EMERGING FROM TABOO and RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN UGANDA: Mr. Frank Mugisha to receive Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award

Mr. Mugisha is the Executive Director of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG),

UGANDAN LGBTI RIGHTS ACTIVIST FRANK MUGISHA TO RECEIVE 2011 ROBERT F. KENNEDY HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD HERE

Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy and Senator John Kerry to present the award in Washington, D.C., on November 10, 2011·  

WASHINGTON (Sept. 15, 2011) – Frank Mugisha, a prominent young advocate for the rights of sexual minorities in Uganda, has been chosen to receive the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award. Mr. Mugisha is the Executive Director of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), a leading organization of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) movement in the East African country...¨

·  Thanks to Mr. Frank Mugisha, Uganda
·  Thanks to Box Turtle Bulletin, sidebar
·  Thanks to African Activist, sidebar
·  Thanks to The Robert F. Kennedy Center