Nadia Rubaii Memorial Lecture - Frank Mugisha - The Criminalization of Homosexuality in Africa and Its Ripple Effects

Every April in conjunction with Frontiers of Prevention, I-GMAP holds the annual Nadia Rubaii Memorial Prize and Lecture, in memory of our late founding director. We bring in an internationally visible figure in the global struggle for rights, dignity and justice, whose courage and compassion exemplify Nadia's work and character.

For the 2024 prize, I-GMAP and Binghamton are honored to recognize the courageous LGBTQ+ activist and human rights defender, Ugandan Frank Mugisha. As the founding Executive Director of Sexual Minorities of Uganda, Frank's work on behalf of Uganda's LGBTQ+ community, one of the most persecuted in the world, has set an example for human rights defenders and activists around the world. At enormous personal risk, Frank has been resolute in fighting for the rights, the dignity, and the physical security of LGBTQ+ people, a fight that is more important now than ever, with Uganda's national legislature having passed new legislation making being a gay person a crime punishable by the death penalty.

We hope you can join us for the public ceremony where Frank will receive the 2024 Nadia Rubaii Memorial Prize, and deliver his acceptance speech: "The Criminalization of Homosexuality in Africa and its Ripple Effects."

The event takes place on Friday April 12, at 5:00 PM, in Lecture Hall 2 on Binghamton University's main campus. It is free and open to the public, and no registration is required.

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