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Film: A Ugandan Transgender Girl Fights for Her Right to Love

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Uganda, Film, Human Rights, LGBTQ+

Rough Studios, a small Swedish production company, has released [1] the first episode of a documentary series about being transgender in Uganda:

We enter the life of Cleopatra Kambugu, a Ugandan transgender girl who was forced to flee to Kenya after being “outed” as homosexual in one of Uganda's major tabloids. It is a story about love, hate and being transgender, in one of the worlds most homophobic places.

Our goal with this film has always been to make a difference. Whether it is to change peoples hearts, their perception of a transgender person or the prejudice people have towards the LGBT community.
Uganda is a country which for long have been criticized for the discriminations against the LGBTI community.