Val Kalende bụ onye ndọrọndọrọ LGBTI si Uganda. Mgbe ọ pụtachara dị ka nwanyị nwanyị nwere mmasị nwanyị na 2003, ọ tinyere aka na mmemme LGBT Uganda. N'afọ 2018, o kwuru na ya abụghịzi nwanyị nwanyị nwere mmasị nwanyị, ebe ịhụnanya Chineke gbanwere.".^[1][2]

Na 2003, Kalende pụtara dị ka nwanyị nwanyị nwere mmasị nwanyị, nke mere ka ezinụlọ ya Ndị Kraịst kewaa njikọ ya na ya.[1] Dị ka nwa akwụkwọ na Mahadum Makerere dị na Kampala, ọ kwadoro òtù mbụ na-akwado ndị nwanyị nwere mmasị nwanyị na mba ahụ, Freedom & Roam Uganda.[2] Izu ole na ole ka ewepụtara akwụkwọ iwu Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014, nke mere nwoke idina nwoke ntaramahụhụ site n'ụlọ mkpọrọ ndụ, Kalende kwetara ka a gbaa ya ajụjụ ọnụ banyere mmekọahụ ya na akụkọ mkpuchi maka akwụkwọ akụkọ mba bụ Daily Monitor.[3] Na 2012, mgbe ọ rụsịrị ọrụ ruo afọ 10 na Uganda, na post blọọgụ Huffington Post, o kpughere ka “ịpụta” dị ka nwanyị nwanyị nwere mmasị na ya mere ka ọ bụrụ onye a na-akparị okwu ọnụ, nkewa, gbahapụrụ dị ka onye ntorobịa na enweghị ebe obibi na nro. afọ.^[3]

Otu onye na International Gay na Lesbian Human Rights Commission, ọ nyochara ụzọ nhazi na atụmatụ nke otu LGBT nke Africa ọ bụla na-etinye n'ọrụ, yana otu NGO mba ụwa nwere ike isi kwado ọrụ ha.[1] Ọ gara n'ihu kwupụta onwe ya maka akụkọ ziri ezi nke ga-eweta mgbanwe achọrọ, ọ bụghị naanị akụkọ mmekpa ahụ, kamakwa ịmalite ilekwasị anya na akụkọ dị mma nke nkwenye[2] (dị ka ọrụ siri ike nke Victor Mukasa, onye guzobere Mmekọahụ Minorities Uganda (SMUG), n'ụlọ ọrụ ndị nnọchi anya US), nkwupụta a nabatabeghị nke ọma ọbụlagodi n'etiti ndị ọrụ ibe ya. N'ịtụle na n'agbanyeghị nlebara anya mba ụwa na ime ka ndị isi zaa ajụjụ, nke ahụ na-emegide obodo megide ndị obodo ya. O nwekwara olile anya ime ka mmekorita dị n'etiti ndị na-eme ihe ike na ndị obodo na-ahụ maka ọtụtụ ihe ndị ruuru mmadụ.^[4]

N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ 2018, na ụlọ ọrụ ndị Kraịst nke Salt TV, Val Kalende wepụtara nkwupụta ọha na eze na ọ bụghịzi nwanyị na-edina nwoke.^[1]

Ezigbo òtù LGBT: Achọpụtara m Life, Truth na Grace. Ekpere m bụ ka ị chọta ndụ dị mma dịka m nwere. Ha niile aghọwo ihe kpatara ịrịọchitere m arịrịọ. Amaara m, site na ụfọdụ ozi m natara ruo ugbu a, na Mmụọ Nsọ amalitela ịgwa obi gị okwu. Ọ bụ onye na-ekpughe eziokwu niile... Nye ndị ụkọchukwu m na-ekwenyeghị, ọ na-ewute m. Nye ndị ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị m lụrụ ọgụ n'ike n'agha okwu, ọ na-ewute m. Nye ọgbọ ochie na nke na-eto eto nke mba a, ọ na-ewute m. Nye onye nkuzi m na onye mepụtara m, ọ na-ewute m. Ọ na-ewute m onwe m. Mụ na mkpụrụ obi m nọ n'udo n'ihi na a gbaghara m ma tọhapụ m ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. Abụ Ọma 51:17.^[5] - Val Kalende, ^[2]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ariel Sobel (7 August 2018). Accomplished Ugandan LGBTQ Activist Renounces Lesbianism (en). Advocate.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Emily Jones (21 August 2018). 'I Am Forgiven and Forever Set Free': Global LGBT Activist Abandons Lifestyle, Surrenders to Jesus (en). CBN. Retrieved on 11 July 2022.
3. ↑ Val Kalende (Aug 15, 2012). Gay Ugandans: Loud and Proud (en). HuffPost. Retrieved on 11 July 2022.
4. ↑ Anna Leach. "Uganda: how campaigners are preparing to counter the anti-gay bill", The Guardian, 25 February 2014. Retrieved on 11 July 2022. (in en)
5. ↑ Psalm 51:17 (en). Bible Gateway. Retrieved on 11 July 2022.