Jay Mulucha
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Jay Mulucha is a Ugandan LGBT activist and basketball player of the Magic Stormers, a team participating in the Federation of Uganda Basketball League (FUBA). Mulucha is also one of the managers of the team.
Biography
Mulucha started playing basketball when he was a teenager.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/mar/15/uganda-transgender-basketball-players-magic-stormers|title=Meet Uganda's transgender basketball players: discriminated, harassed but unbroken|last=Lawrence|first=J. P.|date=2015-03-15|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-11-30|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
Mulucha nearly died after being attacked while rallying for LGBT rights.{{Cite news|url=http://www.washingtonblade.com/2016/04/07/out-and-proud-in-uganda/|title=Out and proud in Uganda|date=2016-04-07|work=Washington Blade: Gay News, Politics, LGBT Rights|access-date=2017-11-30|language=en-US}} On the verge of suicide in the hospital, he decided he would continue campaigning for LGBTIQ rights in his homeland.{{Cite news|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/Education/2017/07/16/Young-African-leaders-share-vision-at-BGSU.html|title=Young African leaders share vision at BGSU|date=2017-07-16|work=The Blade|access-date=2017-11-30|language=en-US}}
He became the coordinator of Pride Uganda and participated in the first Pride Festival in 2012.{{Cite news|url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-08-11/these-are-faces-gay-pride-uganda|title=These are the faces of gay pride in Uganda|work=Public Radio International|access-date=2017-11-30|language=en-US}} He is also the president of Fem Alliance Uganda, an organization focusing on computer training programs and economic empowering projects to create more opportunities for Uganda's LGBT community.{{Cite web |title=Interview with LGBTI Grassroots Activist Jay Mulucha |url=https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/interview-lgbti-grassroots-activist-jay-mulucha |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Pulitzer Center |language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2013/04/05/eps/1365159722_377439.html|title=Reportaje {{!}} Caza al homosexual|last=Sistiaga|first=Jon|date=2013-04-10|work=EL PAÍS|access-date=2017-11-30|language=es}}