LGBT+ rights in Uganda have long faced social and cultural hurdles.

Last year, the "Kill the Gays" bill – so-called as it would introduce the death penalty for gay sex – was raised again by Ugandan lawmakers, despite having provoked international condemnation on its first airing in 2014.

The proposal was dismissed by the government, but the controversy sparked by the bill's new backers shone a spotlight on the problems faced by the LGBT+ community in the country.

Transgender people living in Uganda, many of whom earn a living as sex workers, face particular difficulties, as Anna Xwexx Morena explains.

This is her story, as told to Hugo Greenhalgh, Openly Editor.:

"I'm really scared because it's just weeks since the country has been on national lockdown because of coronavirus. What about if it gets to a month? We are going to be starving.

My life has changed a lot, much more negatively than I expected. Sex work is not happening at the moment as there are no clients on the roads, and this means I cannot afford to pay my bills or even pay for food.

Most hospitals are closed and even clinics that are for LGBTI people are not working, so it's becoming difficult for me to even gain referrals for my HIV treatment. Read more Reuters