Frank Mugisha, a prominent young advocate for the rights of sexual minorities in Uganda, has been chosen to receive the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Human Rights Award, according to a press release from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights.
Mugisha, 29, is the executive director of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), a leading organization of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) movement in the East African country.
“Frank Mugisha’s unbending advocacy for gay rights in Uganda in the face of deep-rooted homophobia is a testament to the indomitability of the human spirit,” said RFK Human Rights Award Judge Dean Makau Mutua, Professor of Law and Dean of the University at Buffalo Law School (SUNY).
Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy and U.S. Sen. John Kerry will present the award in Washington, D.C., Nov. 10.