--- description: Can Uganda’s gay-rights activists stop the government from enacting another homophobic law? title: Watch: Uganda's LGBT Community Fights for Right to Exist image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffcc2414c753968e/69885363cd1bba6d3d6fbb03/uganda_tout.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LGBT](/tag/lgbt/) ## LGBT Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # How Uganda's LGBT Community Is Fighting for the Right to Exist by [Salima Koroma](/author/salima-koroma/) and [Aryn Baker](/author/aryn-baker/) Jun 8, 2015 2:36 PM CUT ![Can Uganda’s gay-rights activists stop the government from 
 enacting another homophobic law?](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffcc2414c753968e/69885363cd1bba6d3d6fbb03/uganda_tout.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3:2) Can Uganda’s gay-rights activists stop the government from enacting another homophobic law? Can Uganda’s gay-rights activists stop the government from enacting another homophobic law?Aryn Baker for Time by [Salima Koroma](/author/salima-koroma/) and [Aryn Baker](/author/aryn-baker/) Jun 8, 2015 2:36 PM CUT Hakim Semeebwr, also known as Bad Black, is a transgender woman in a country where sex between two men, or two women, is illegal. Coming out usually leads to eviction, job discrimination and violent harrassment. Bad Black lost her television job when she was outed by a local newspaper. And if some Ugandan politicians have their way, coming out as homosexual could mean life in prison, or worse. [Read more: **Out in Africa**](http://time.com/3908898/out-in-africa/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3910900/uganda-lgbt-transgender/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3910900/uganda-lgbt-transgender/"},"headline":"How Uganda's LGBT Community Is Fighting for the Right to Exist","datePublished":"2015-06-08T14:36:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T11:47:57.662Z","description":"Can Uganda’s gay-rights activists stop the government from enacting another homophobic law?","url":"https://time.com/3910900/uganda-lgbt-transgender/","keywords":["LGBT","World","gay","Uganda"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffcc2414c753968e/69885363cd1bba6d3d6fbb03/uganda_tout.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Salima Koroma","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/salima-koroma/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Aryn Baker","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/aryn-baker/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffcc2414c753968e/69885363cd1bba6d3d6fbb03/uganda_tout.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Can Uganda’s gay-rights activists stop the government from enacting another homophobic law?","caption":"Can Uganda’s gay-rights activists stop the government from enacting another homophobic law?","creditText":"Aryn Baker for Time","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/lgbt/","name":"LGBT"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3910900/uganda-lgbt-transgender/","name":"How Uganda's LGBT Community Is Fighting for the Right to Exist"}}]}] ```