David Kato Vision & Voice Award 2014
Channel: TEDDY AWARD
Date: 16/02/2014

28. TEDDY AWARD Ceremony
This year's TEDDY AWARD Gala is honoured to host for the first time the presentation of the DAVID KATO VISION & VOICE AWARD.
The award commemorates the life of the Ugandan human rights activist David Kato who was murdered in his home in Kampala, Uganda in 2011. David Kato is regarded as the founder of the Ugandan LGBTI movement. As the Litigation and Advocacy Officer for Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) he campaigned tirelessly, in the face of  considerable opposition, for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex Africans. 
www.visionandvoiceaward.com

Sou Sotheavy
The 2014 David Kato Vision & Voice Award went to Cambodian transgender activist Sou Sotheavy. The cambodian transgender activist Sou Sotheavy has spent the last two decades working to establish a national network of organizations to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people across the country.

28. TEDDY AWARD im Rahmen der 64. Internationalen Filmfestspiele Berlin, 06.-16.02.2014 - www.teddyaward.tv