David Kato

David Kato Kisule (c. 1964 – 26 January 2011) was a Ugandan teacher and LGBT rights activist, considered a father of Uganda's gay rights movement and described as "Uganda's first openly gay man". He served as advocacy officer for Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG). Kato was murdered in 2011, shortly after winning a lawsuit against a magazine which had published his name and photograph identifying him as gay and calling for him to be executed.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1968
Birth place
Uganda , Mukono Town
Date of deathJanuary 26, 2011
Place of death
Uganda , Mukono Town

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External resources

  1. http://www.polis.cam.ac.uk/cghr/events_2010_catouganda.html