(CNN) -- For Uganda's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community, 2013 strengthens us with fresh resolve. But a new year also torments us with old anxieties.

Uganda is my home, but every day I must fight tooth and nail to remain. I inhabit a land and a paradox where my right to have a consensual relationship with an African woman is illegal -- "un-African"-- and where my daily work is a life and death matter.

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Thanks for that , Tom. Uganda is without doubt a seemingly neverending nightmare for most of its citizens, but reading this makes one realize just how lucky we are to enjoy the relative freedom we have.

A brave man and a noble stand. An example to anyone who opposes bigotry and prejudice.

Hats off to the man!!