ʻO ka manaʻo o Rainbow Riots e hoʻokumu i kahi kikowaena kaiaulu LGBT ma Uganda, ka mea mua o kona ʻano ma East Africa, ua hoʻāhewa ʻia e ke Kuhina Homophobic kaulana o ka mokuʻāina no ka Ethics & Integrity, ʻo Simon Lokodo.
Ke kūʻē nei ka hui i nā ʻōlelo, i hana ʻia ma kahi ninaninau me ka nūpepa The Guardian. Ua manaʻo ʻo Loko i ke kikowaena "ʻaʻole hewa" i kahi moʻolelo i hōʻike pū ʻia i kahi hālāwai ninaninau me Rainbow Riots ka luna hoʻokumu, ʻo Petter Wallenberg.
Ma ka ʻatikala a The Guardian, ʻo Neela Ghoshal, o Human Rights Watch, i ʻōlelo ʻia e ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi o ka Center ma mua o ka maikaʻi o ke ola o ka poʻe LGBT ma Uganda.
Ke hoʻomau nei ka Crowdfunding no ka papahana ʻoiai kēia hoʻoweliweli i ke kikowaena. Hoʻolālā nā mea hana i loko o ka hui Rainbow Riots e hoʻokumu i kahi wahi palekana no ka poʻe LGBT ma Uganda. E wehe ʻia ke kikowaena ma kahi wahi huna ma Kampala, a hoʻokipa i ka poʻe LGBT o ka ʻāina ma ke ʻano he puʻuhonua no ka ʻōlelo aʻo e pili ana i ka palekana, ke olakino a me nā pilikia HIV.
Eia naʻe, hoʻoweliweli ʻia ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kikowaena e ke aupuni Ugandan; "Pono lākou e lawe i kahi ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke wehe i kahi kikowaena o ka hana LGBT ma aneʻi. ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia ka male kāne a ʻae ʻole ʻia ma Uganda, "wahi a Lokodo i ka The Guardian, "ʻAʻole mākou e ʻae a ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻae. Ua pāpā ʻia nā hana LGBT ma kēia ʻāina. No laila ʻo ka hoʻolaha ʻana he hana hewa wale nō ia.
ʻOiai ua manaʻo ʻia he ʻoiaʻiʻo ka hoʻoweliweli, ke manaʻo nei ʻo Rainbow Riots e neʻe i mua me ke kikowaena, kahi e mālama ai i nā papa hana a me nā papahana hana; ʻO nā hana noʻeau a me nā mele ke kikowaena o nā hana e hiki ai i nā malihini ke hōʻike iā lākou iho ma nā ʻano i ʻae ʻia e hana ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Petter Wallenberg: "Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manaʻo no kēia kikowaena no ka mea ʻaʻohe wahi palekana no ka poʻe LGBT ma Uganda. Makemake au e hana i puʻuhonua e kōkua i ka poʻe nāwaliwali. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻololi i ka honua i ka pō, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke hana e hoʻomaikaʻi iki i ka honua.
Manaʻo ʻo Rainbow Riots he mea ikaika loa ke kiʻi a me ke mele e hoʻemi ai i ka homophobia a me ka transphobia ma nā wahi i hoʻāhewa ʻia ai ka poʻe LGBT ma ke ʻano he ʻaʻole ʻApelika. Ua lilo ʻo Rainbow Riots i ʻāpana o ka Ugandan LGBT movement mai ka makahiki 2015. Ua hoʻonohonoho lākou i nā hoʻolauleʻa haʻaheo huna ma hope o ka hoʻōki ʻana o nā mākaʻi i ka Pride Uganda 2017 a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Wallenberg i ka album mele kaulana i ka honua "Rainbow Riots", e hōʻike ana i nā mea hana kiʻi LGBT Ugandan, e hāʻawi i kēia mea nāwaliwali loa. hui i ka leo ma kahi ʻāina i manaʻo ʻia he kānāwai ʻole.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The center is to be opened in a secret location in Kampala, and welcomes the country’s LGBT people as a refuge for advice on safety, health and HIV issues.
- They have organized secret pride celebrations after the police stopped Pride Uganda 2017 and Wallenberg has recorded the internationally acclaimed music album “Rainbow Riots”, featuring LGBT Ugandan artists, to give this most vulnerable group a voice in a country where they are considered to be illegal.
- Ma ka ʻatikala a The Guardian, ʻo Neela Ghoshal, o Human Rights Watch, i ʻōlelo ʻia e ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi o ka Center ma mua o ka maikaʻi o ke ola o ka poʻe LGBT ma Uganda.
