Feral Thoughts...

Hey guys, this is Mod H here, and I’d like you to share and reblog this petition to stop the deportation of Lydia Nabukenya, a lesbian from Uganda who had to flee to the UK because her life was in danger. She volunteers at a charity local to me, and what has happened to her is so horrific that I thought I’d share the petition here to spread the word.

There are more details at the link, but a summary of her story is this: Lydia was pressured into marriage to a man after her aunt discovered she was gay, and was physically abused and attacked for her sexuality during this period. She fled to the UK in 2015 and claimed asylum, but her claim has been rejected multiple times for reasons that have not been explained to her. She is the former vice captain of the Ugandan Commonwealth Games team at the Glasgow games, and is a well-known sports woman in East Africa. She has also been outted by the Ugandan press, meaning that if she was forced to go back she would not be able to hide. Currently, being gay is illegal in Uganda and punishable by life imprisonment, though there are efforts to make it punishable by death.