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Title: | Kuchus of Uganda |
Editor: | Piehl, Mathilda |
Year: | 2008 |
Language: | English |
City of publisher: | Stockholm |
Publisher: | RFSL |
Geographic term: | Uganda |
Subjects: | homosexuality action groups documentary films (form) videos (form) |
Abstract: | 'Kuchu' translates as 'same' in Uganda. It's also a code word for 'same sex'. This documentary film follows members of Smug (Sexual Minorities of Uganda), a group of radical LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) activists who risk their lives in order to push for queer rights. In one scene, members of Smug are invited to a debate on homosexuality at the Makerere University College of Health Sciences. The Oedipal complex, the Bible, anal ulcerations and social ostracism overwhelm anything that Smug members have to say. Outside the school, Victor Mukasa, a 'lesbian and transgender' member and others speak about how colonialism - it was English law that made homosexuality illegal - and religion have created Uganda's homophobic culture. [Abstract reproduced from dvd-video] |