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[[File:nabagesera.png|200px|thumb|left|Kasha Nabagesera]]

==Country==

Uganda

==Birth - Death==


==Occupation==

Activist

==Description==

Active campaigner to end homophobia in Uganda and decriminalize it.  Executive Director of the LGBTQ group 'Freedom & Roam Uganda'.  Recipient of many awards, including  the Rafto Prize in Bergen, Norway, along with 'Sexual Minorities Uganda', an umbrella organization she co-founded in 2004; the Honorary Award of the “QX Magazine” in Stockholm, Sweden in February 2013; the James Joyce award from the University College of Dublin in April 2013; the Sean McBride Award from Amnesty International Dublin; the Civil Courage Award from Berlin 2013; the International Activist of the Year Award for the GALAS (Gay and Lesbian Awards, organised by the National Lesbian and Gay Federation of Ireland); the 2013 Nuremburg International Human rights Award; the Harvard Law School honour (2015); and the international Right Livelihood Award (2015).  Also known as Jacqueline Kasha and Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera.  Recipient of a 2019 [[Bonham Centre Awards]].

==Further Reading/Research==

* http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Harvard-Law-School-honors-Ugandan-gay-activist-Kasha-/-/688334/2641528/-/ncynjx/-/index.html
* http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/KashaJacquelineNabagesera
* http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/10/01/ugandan-gay-rights-activist-wins-alternative-nobel-prize/
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxJ0aFq8ibs

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