Rainbow Africa Initiative

In Uganda, being queer comes with a lot of consequences. Today we come together for a special event fundraising to help raise funds for our community event. Please donate & share to support our fight for dignity. gofund.me/0a5dd0ff

This TDoV, we celebrate the ordinary lives and extraordinary courage of trans people around the world. But courage alone isn’t enough, everyone deserves a trans safe space: a place where you’re respected, affirmed, and free from fear. Let’s make sure trans people thrive. #TDoV_26

Eid Mubarak to all our siblings, friends and partners. May the Almighty Allah credit all our fasting period.

The State of Trans SRHR in Uganda 2026 Conference Day 1 | Community Building Day — “Knowing Ourselves.” Before we faced the stakeholders, we faced each other. On March 4, trans and gender-diverse people from Central, Western, Eastern, and Northern Uganda gathered in a closed, safe space for the first time to map our health realities across HIV, TB, malaria, and SRHR. We mapped what happens when a trans person walks into a health facility in every region of this country. We explored the barriers disease by disease, region by region. We shared models that are already effective in our communities. And in the Storytelling Circle, some of us shared experiences we had never spoken aloud in a public space before. By the end of the day, we had reached a consensus. We agreed on our priority asks to the Ministry of Health, what we are prepared to contribute, and selected community presenters to carry our evidence into the stakeholder room the next morning. Day 1 was the foundation. “This conference was the first time in Uganda that trans and gender-diverse people from every region sat in one room, documented our health realities, and presented that evidence directly to the people who run the programmes that are supposed to serve us. That has never happened before. We have never had a national platform to say: this is what HIV access looks like for us, this is what TB looks like, this is what malaria looks like, this is what SRHR looks like. Now we do. And it was built entirely by the community — our evidence, our voices, our asks.” — Nana Millers, Executive Director, TYI-Uganda This work is implemented under the Gender Equality Fund, an initiative established by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in partnership with GSK and ViiV Healthcare to support gender-transformative and community-led health responses. #TransHealthUganda #TransSRHR #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #TransRightsAreHealthRights #95-95-95 #GlobalFund #CommunityLed #TYIUganda

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲! The African regional theme “𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿: 𝗙𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮,” calls for amplifying feminist leadership for social justice.

Today, as the world marks International Womxn’s Day, the Uganda National Trans Forum (UNTF) celebrates the power, resilience, and leadership of transgender women and gender-diverse womxn across Uganda. Across our communities, trans womxn continue to organize, care for one another, and build collective power even in environments that seek to silence or erase them. Their courage fuels our movement, and their leadership shapes the future we are fighting for. The struggle for gender justice must include all womxn. A feminist future is only possible when trans and gender-diverse womxn are visible, protected, and celebrated. Today, we honor the strength of our community from grassroots organizers to rural leaders who continue to hold the line for dignity, justice, and freedom. Our existence is resistance. Our solidarity is power. #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 #WomxnsDay #TransWomenAreWomen #UgandaNationalTransForum #TransUganda #MovementBuilding #GiveToGain

The fight is global, but the resistance is united. RAI-UG leads the way with our 2026 IWD solidarity statement. We're calling out the political attacks, economic injustice, and the SRHR crisis in rural & conflict zones. Read the full advocacy statement: rainbowafricainitiative.org/iwd-2026-joint…

Seen as courageous & intelligent, but scars of oppression are overlooked. That's a womn! Carrying the legacy forward, even when it means shouldering the burdens of the fearful and weak. Are you committed to values of equality, or yo perpetuating the cycle of oppression?"

🌟 Amazing Opportunity by CIVFUND 🌟 @CivFund_ is inviting girl-led and young feminist-led groups in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania to apply for the East African Girls and Young Feminist Fund, a powerful funding opportunity supporting feminist movements across East Africa. 🗓️ Deadline: 28 February 2026 ℹ️ Guidelines: civsourceafrica.com/s/EAYCG4-1.pdf ✍🏾 Apply online: CIVFUND.smartsimple.com @Zamara_fdn is proud to spotlight this opportunity and encourage eligible groups to apply. #ZamaraVoices

Rest in peace, Joan Amek 💔. Your courage, compassion, and dedication to justice will never be forgotten. Your legacy lives on through the lives you touched. #RIPJoanAmek

Hooray! It’s time for festivities, and we’re up to the rest as we enjoy the moments 💃🕺 See you soon!

On WorldAIDSDay, we teamed up with @raim_ug to bridge the gap & bring HOPE to Uganda’s forgotten communities! Together, we’re overcoming distance, defeating HIV, and fighting for every high-risk life left behind.Access to care shouldn’t be a dream ,it’s a right! #endAIDS2030ug

Reflecting on a powerful World AIDS Day 2025. 🕯️ Gratitude to our partners and our funders Frontline AIDS for a vital day of dialogue on "Overcoming Discrimination, Transforming the AIDS Response ." Community action is non-negotiable. Onwards, together. #WAD2025 #FrontlineAIDS

🧡 On #IDEVAW, we honored TDoR, stood with women facing violence, and uplifted people living with & affected by HIV. Together, we created a safe space for shelter members to share, heal & demand protection. Grateful to @FrontlineAIDS & @InterPride for the support. #EndViolence

Behind every shelter door is a story of resilience. Through trauma-informed care, we create supportive spaces where LGBT individuals can rebuild their lives free from fear. Because true safety means healing — body, mind, and spirit. #HealingJustice #TraumaInformedCare

Every person deserves a safe place to call home. 🏠 Our minority shelters provide safety, care, and dignity for those escaping inequities, trauma and discrimination. Together, we’re building #SafeSpaces where healing begins. 💜 @frontlineaids

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt Young people are the agents of change, and their voices matter. #InternationalYouthDay, #YouthEmpowerment

August 12, under the theme of “Local Youth Actions for the SDGs and Beyond“, highlighting the unique role of youth in translating global ambitions into community-driven realities, as stated by the United Nations. As a youth, what’s your ambition for change? #InternationalYouthDay

Stories are visible, at times they don’t shout but rather need realization to be told. Economic justice, empowerment, equity at work places and shared benefits shouldn’t be debated but rather a necessity for everyone.