Frank Mugisha

Activist

Birthday June 17, 1979

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Kampala, Uganda

Age 44 years old

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About

Ugandan human rights advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex rights. He served as the executive director of Sexual Minorities Uganda. In 2012, he started the first LGBTI Health Center in Uganda. In 2014, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Before Fame

In 2004, he founded Icebreakers Uganda while he was at university. 

Trivia

He won the 2011 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award and the Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize 2011 for his activism.

Family Life

He was raised in a Catholic family. At 14, he came out to his brother.

Associated With

His work was recognized by Ban Ki-MoonHillary Clinton and John Kerry