Dear friends,
Two years ago, my government tried to pass a law imposing the death penalty for gays and lesbians.
My name is Kasha Jacqueline, and I'm an activist fighting for love and equality in Uganda. As you probably know, life in Uganda is incredibly hard if you're lesbian, gay, bi, or trans.
I've spent years fighting laws like the "Kill the Gays" bill and All Out members have helped to fuel my fight with hope and strength. When the anti-gay law was first proposed, over 260,000 All Out members – including you! – created a massive outcry against this horrendous law.
And it didn't stop there. All Out members supported our Pride parade last year and funded a magazine telling the stories of the lesbian, gay, bi and trans Ugandans. We also fought back against a tabloid famous for 'outing' people, getting the huge French company Orange to stop advertising with them.
But anti-gay laws are still ruining lives in Uganda and around the world. We need your help to keep up the fight in the year to come.
This year alone, All Out members have spoken up for so many people who faced violence and persecution just for who they are and who they love. Earlier this month, All Out rallied a global outcry for Marwan, a young Tunisian student arrested and tortured by police, just for a text message he sent to another man.
All Out turns five this month, and fighting against the world's harshest anti-gay laws has been the foundation of their work for these past five years. They created a huge outcry around Russia's notorious anti-gay law. And time and time again, they speak out on behalf of those arrested, tortured, and thrown in jail in countries where their love is illegal.
We need to keep up the fight against anti-gay laws in 2016. But unless we raise enough from people like you, campaigns like these just won't be possible. Can you chip in?
Thanks for all that you do,
Kasha Jacqueline
All Out member
