Jay Mulucha

Jay Mulucha is an LGBTQI activist from Uganda and a basketball player of the Magic Stormers, a team participating in the Federation of Uganda Basketball League (FUBA). Jay Mulucha is one of the managers of the team.

Jay Mulucha

Biography

He started to play basketball when he was a teenager.^[1]

He nearly died after being attacked in a rally for LGBTQI rights.^[2] On the verge of suicide, he decided he would engage himself to campaign for LGBTIQ rights in his homeland.^[3] He became the Pride Uganda coordinator and participated in the first Pride Festival in 2012.^[4] He became president of Fem Alliance Uganda.^[5] Fem Alliance has focused on computer training programs and economic empowering projects to create more opportunities for the LGBT community residing in Uganda.^[6]

References

1. Lawrence, J. P. (15 March 2015). "Meet Uganda's transgender basketball players: discriminated, harassed but unbroken". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
2. "Out and proud in Uganda". Washington Blade: Gay News, Politics, LGBT Rights. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
3. "Young African leaders share vision at BGSU". The Blade. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
4. "These are the faces of gay pride in Uganda". Public Radio International. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
5. Sistiaga, Jon (10 April 2013). "Reportaje | Caza al homosexual". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2017.
6. "Interview with LGBTI Grassroots Activist Jay Mulucha". Pulitzer Center. Retrieved 27 October 2022.