
Pepe Julian Onziema
Ugandan human rights activist (born 1980)

Ugandan human rights activist (born 1980)
Pepe Julian Onziema (born 30 November 1980) is a Ugandan LGBT rights and human rights activist. He began his human rights work in 2004. A trans man, he has participated in organizing LGBT pride celebrations in Uganda. Onziema is the Director of Programs at Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), an LGBTI advocacy organization. SMUG provides research, documentation, and evidence to advocate for policy change in Uganda. He also provides LGBT+ members with safety and protection from discriminatory hate crimes. As of 2019, Onziema has been arrested or detained seven times, incurring violence in which he lost hearing in his left ear and needed to be hospitalized.
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