KASHA NABAGESERA (CAMPAIGNER)
The “founding mother” of Uganda’s LGBT civil rights movement is an accountant by profession but has excelled in human rights advocacy since the age of 21, speaking not just at international forums on the plight of lesbian, bisexual and trans women but also on Ugandan television. She has repeatedly emphasised how international law must be respected and highlighted consistently those international covenants that successive Ugandan governments have ratified yet failed to implement. She has received both death-threats and numerous international awards, including the prestigious Martin Ennals Human Rights Defender Prize (2011) and the International Nuremberg Human Rights Award (2013). Other: Ruth Hunt (CEO Stonewall); Peter Tatchell (The Peter Tatchell Foundation)