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- The college was named after the Ugandan teacher and LGBT rights activist David Kato, who is considered a father of Uganda's gay rights movement, and who had studied at York shortly before his murder in 2011.
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The life and legacy of David Kato. David Kato was a Ugandan human rights defender and gay rights activist that had a significant impact on the rights of LGBT+ people in Uganda. In 2010, David Kato came to the University of York for six months as a Protective Fellow on the Human Rights Defenders Programme at the Centre for Applied Human Rights.
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David Kato College is a college of the University of York and was founded in 2022. The college was named after the Ugandan teacher and LGBT rights activist David Kato, who is considered a father of Uganda's gay rights movement, and who had studied at York shortly before his murder in 2011.
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The tenth was founded in 2021 and named after Anne Lister. The eleventh was founded in 2022 and named after David Kato.
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On 16 June 2021, the University of York announced that Kato would be the namesake of the new David Kato College, the first college on York's campus to be named after a person of African descent. Documentary films
- 26 January 2011 (aged 46–47), Bukusa, Mukono, Uganda
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- c. 1964, Nakawala, Mukono, Uganda
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Jun 15, 2021 · David Kato came to the University of York in 2010 for six months as a Protective Fellow on the Human Rights Defenders Programme at the Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR). His time at York provided respite from his role in Uganda as a human rights activist, and his legacy supports the University’s continued commitment to the lesbian, gay ...
Mar 12, 2023 · The University of York announced last year that it is naming its new college after Ugandan David Kato, a former student who was murdered and who went to the university in 2010 for six...
