"Daniel In The Homophobic Lion's Den" Film Denounces Homophobia
Youthful African Refugees Celebrate Hard Won Awards and Accolades during the International Changing the Story Online Film Festival 2020 It happened so fast, at first he thought it was something he would give up. It was something he did not have to tell his parents about as they returned home from school in the afternoon. He had finally kissed another boy he had admired for two terms. That was something easily forgotten and done away with. John is now a refugee and a Male-to-Female Transgender with a boyfriend of 7 years now. They used to play soccer at a large trailer yard when it was empty next to Kampala’s Industrial Area. At this time of the year, boys and girls from different housing estates would play up to around 2:00 pm after which they had to rush back home. Maria and two other girls were ‘fillers’ in the soccer team but they played better than the boys. The boys ridiculed them and the neighbourhood never wanted anything to do with “those girls who shout so loud at the to...