Being a Trans Woman in Uganda, Africa: Amanda Shares Her Story and Life in the UK

This week on Trans Crush, we sit down with Amanda, a brave and brilliant trans woman from Uganda, who shares her powerful and deeply honest story.

In this eye-opening episode, Amanda talks about what it’s really like to be LGBTQ+ in Uganda—the danger, the stigma, and the painful reality that simply existing as a trans woman can be a risk to your life. She shares her personal journey of surviving in a country where being trans is treated as a crime—and what it meant to leave that behind.

She shares the fear, the violence, the silence—and how she survived it.
Now living in the UK, Amanda opens up about the culture shock, the stigma she still faces, and what it means to exist as a Black trans woman in a white Western world.

We also talk about:
• Her experience in a trans beauty pageant
• How people treat Black vs. white trans women in the UK
• What people can do to better protect and support Black trans women

This is one of our rawest and most necessary conversations yet. Don’t miss it.

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