Zolinga za Rainbow Riots zokhazikitsa likulu la LGBT ku Uganda, loyamba la mtundu wake ku East Africa, posachedwapa zatsutsidwa poyera ndi Minister of State for Ethics & Integrity, a Simon Lokodo.
Bungweli silinagwirizane ndi zomwe ananena, poyankhulana ndi nyuzipepala ya The Guardian. Loko adawona kuti malowa ndi "osaloledwa" m'nkhani yomwe idakhalanso ndi kuyankhulana ndi mtsogoleri woyambitsa wa Rainbow Riots, Petter Wallenberg.
M'nkhani ya The Guardian, Neela Ghoshal, wa Human Rights Watch, adanenedwa kuti Center tsopano ndiyofunikira kwambiri kuposa kale kuti anthu a LGBT azikhala ndi moyo wabwino ku Uganda.
Kuchulukana kwa ndalama zothandizira ntchitoyi kukupitilirabe ngakhale izi zikuwopseza malowa. Ogwira ntchito mkati mwa bungwe la Rainbow Riots, akukonzekera kukhazikitsa malo otetezeka a LGBT ku Uganda. Nthambiyo ikuyenera kutsegulidwa ku malo obisika ku Kampala, ndipo ilandila anthu a LGBT mdziko muno ngati pothawirako malangizo okhudza chitetezo, thanzi ndi nkhani za HIV.
Komabe, kukhazikitsidwa kwa malowa kukuwopsezedwa ndi boma la Uganda; “Ayenera kupita nawo kwina. Sangatsegule likulu la zochitika za LGBT pano. Kugonana kwa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha sikuloledwa komanso kosavomerezeka ku Uganda," Lokodo adauza The Guardian, "Sitikuloleza ndipo sitingalole. Ntchito za LGBT zaletsedwa kale komanso zolakwa mdziko muno. Choncho kutchuka n’kuchita upandu.”
Ngakhale kuti chiwopsezocho chikuweruzidwa kuti ndi chenicheni, Rainbow Riots akufuna kupita patsogolo ndi likulu, lomwe lidzakhala ndi zokambirana ndi ntchito zopanga; zaluso ndi nyimbo zomwe zili zofunika kwambiri pazochitika zomwe zimalola alendo kufotokoza malingaliro awo m'njira zomwe amaloledwa kuchita kwina kulikonse.
Petter Wallenberg adati: "Ndili ndi lingaliro la malowa chifukwa kulibe malo otetezeka a LGBT ku Uganda. Ndikufuna kupanga pothawirako kuti ndithandize omwe ali pachiwopsezo. Simungasinthe dzikoli mwadzidzidzi, koma mutha kuchitapo kanthu kuti dziko likhale labwinoko pang’ono.”
Rainbow Riots amakhulupirira kuti zaluso ndi nyimbo ndi njira zamphamvu zochepetsera kudana kwa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha komanso transphobia m'magawo omwe LGBT imatsutsidwa ngati si Afirika. Rainbow Riots wakhala mbali ya gulu la LGBT la Uganda kuyambira 2015. Iwo apanga zikondwerero zodzikuza mwachinsinsi pambuyo poti apolisi anaimitsa Pride Uganda 2017 ndipo Wallenberg adalemba nyimbo yodziwika padziko lonse lapansi "Rainbow Riots", yomwe ili ndi ojambula a LGBT Uganda, kuti apereke izi phatikiza mawu m'dziko lomwe amalingaliridwa kuti ndi losaloledwa.
