Lesbian Ugandans among others facing isolation, violence and starvation in Kenyan refugee camp

Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, where many Ugandan LGBTI refugees are held (Photo courtesy of Ephemerian)

In the wake of their miles-long trek last month from the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya to the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, LGBTI Ugandan refugees returned to the camp with a few offers of future help. Soon after their return, the whole camp was hit by a cutback in food distribution.

The trekkers had sought protection from other refugees’ homophobic hostility and relief from the camp’s harsh conditions.

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