Kushaba Moses Mworeko

Kushaba Moses Mworeko (born 1 February 1979 was involved in a U.S. asylum case following an interview he gave to an LGBTQ newspaper in the U.S. (Metro Weekly) which published the interview in 2010 along with his picture and full identity—effectively outing him. Burroway accused the Ugandan tabloid (Red Pepper) of "gay-baiting and gay-bashing journalism" and for "grossly distorting that same interview in its write-up." In July 2010 (five months after the event), Mworeko gave his first interview to Will O’Bryan of Metro Weekly in which he revealed his full identity. In that 2010 interview, Mworeko told O’Bryan that he was in the United States to attend a HIV/AIDS conference - the same time the "Kill the Gays Bill" was being introduced in Uganda. He also relayed to O’Bryan that, in-light of the political and social climate in his country pertaining to LGBT issues, he feared for his life and decided to overstay his visa and sought political asylum in the United States. Mworeko's original application for asylum was denied by the U.S. authorities, to which he later appealed. and impelled to flee Uganda due its Anti-Homosexuality Bill, Mworeko's interview with the Washington D.C.'s lesbian and gay Metro Weekly magazine was published with his full identity and picture on the cover of their magazine with the headline "The Promised Land" — in reference to his legal asylum in the U.S. He resides in Washington, D.C. As of July 2013, Mworeko was completing his U.S. National Guard training as a combat medic at Fort Sam Houston.

Now a U.S. citizen, Mworeko professed his love for Washington. In another interview with Metro Weekly published on 3 July 2013, Mworeko told Will O'Bryan (Metro Weekly's reporter):

"I love Washington, D.C.," [...] "It’s home. It’s taken care of me. Washingtonians have sheltered me. I can never thank Washingtonians enough."