
Photo Credit: Ernest Ziro
Description: HAPA
Location: Kenya
Volunteer @ Pride Toronto!
The Stephen Lewis Foundation is the Charity of Choice for Pride Toronto this year and we’re looking for volunteers in 3 roles to help out from June 23-25. High School students get volunteer hours!
Become a Partner in Pride
Support LGBTIQ community organizations working for justice and equality
Leaders of LGBTIQ organizations in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Democratic Republic of Congo work and live in environments characterized by violent homophobia, legally entrenched discrimination, and political and social persecution. These human rights defenders put their safety on the line every day to lead organizations that stand up for the human rights and health of LGBTIQ communities. Far too often, they are doing it alone.
You can be a part of changing that. Help us get LGBTIQ organizations the funds they need.
The SLF’s Partners in Pride campaign supports these organizations, which are lifelines for their communities. They provide vital services, including health care, mental health supports, social supports, and legal counsel.


There is an urgent need to support the SLF’s LGBTIQ partners. Around the world, homophobic and transphobic movements are emboldened and working to extend legislation that further criminalizes LGBTIQ people. Our partners, particularly those in Kenya and Uganda, are facing threats of violence that are real and urgent, including the fear of mob justice with no guarantee of protection from law enforcement.
“Everyone is in a panic mode, they’re not really able to function because they keep asking: ‘What is going to happen next?’”
Learn more about our 14 LGBTIQ grassroots partners in our Partners in Pride Impact Report 2022.
Pride Talks Highlights
Hear from Biggie, Executive Director of Freedom and Roam Uganda (FARUG). Biggie is a social justice warrior and activist who is unapologetic about her work with the LGBTIQ community, standing up to stigma and discrimination often imposed by politicians and religious leaders who cling to colonial-era, anti-LGBTIQ laws that encourage hatred and curtail human rights.