Kousri from Tunisia, South African Yahia Zaidi, Alimi Bisi Ademola from Nigeria, and Michèle Ndoki from Cameroon. Nabagesera tried to adopt a child in Uganda, as the adoption process does not use sexuality as a bar to adoption in Uganda, but she was told that she could not adopt because she "wasn't palatable". In 2013 Nabagesera founded a magazine, Bombastic, with writing from LGBT Ugandans about the discrimination they had experienced. Arrest In May 2017, Nabagesera was arrested in Rwanda upon arrival at Kigali International Airport before being deported to Uganda. Police claimed the arrest was for drunkenness and gross misconduct, while Nabagesera claimed it was prompted by political motivation. Awards Nabagesera has received international recognition for her work as an activist. Velvetpark magazine, an international queer women's magazine, described her as a "Braveheart” and voted her the most inspiring queer woman in the world in 2010. In 2011, Nabagesera was named in the centenary celebration of International Women's Day. That same year she was a guest speaker at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy. Nabagesera was listed among the 50 most inspiring Feminist Women in Africa in 2011 and is the first gay rights activist to receive the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders. According to Michelle Kagari of Amnesty International, the award "recognises [Nabagesera's] tremendous courage in the face of discrimination and violence against LGBT people in Uganda. Her passion to promote equality and her tireless work to end a despicable climate of fear is an inspiration to LGBT activists the world over ..." In November 2011, she was awarded the Rafto Prize in Bergen, Norway, with Sexual Minorities Uganda, an umbrella organization that she co-founded in 2004. In February 2013, Nabagesera was given the Honorary Award of QX magazine in Stockholm, Sweden. That same year in April, she received the James Joyce Award from the University College Dublin, the Sean McBride Award from Amnesty International Dublin, the Civil Courage Prize in Berlin, the International Activist of the Year Award for the GALAS (Gay and Lesbian Awards, organised by the National Lesbian and Gay Federation of Ireland), and the Nuremberg International Human Rights Award. In 2015, she won the Right Livelihood Awards for her "courage and persistence, despite violence and intimidation, in working for the right of LGBTI people to a life free from prejudice and persecution". In April 2019, Nabagesera was presented with the