Noah Mirembe Gabigogo
Noah Mirembe Gabigogo (he/him) serves as Program Officer on Case Work at Rainbow Railroad.
Noah is a trans man, feminist, lawyer, and researcher on sexual and gender diversity in
Africa. He is a passionate advocate for gender equality and centers his work on increased
accountability and human rights protections. Noah has written on the role of strategic litigation in advancing human rights for lesbians and gays in Africa, and served as a researcher on various research projects including. Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights led by Prof. Nancy Nicols at York University, and on renown feminist scholar Prof. Sylvia Tamale’s recent book Decolonization and Afrofeminism published by Canadian Daraja Press in 2020. He has contributed to legal mobilization for LGBT movements in Nigeria, Tanzania, Malawi, Liberia, Ghana, and Uganda to improve documentation of violence; and supported capacity strengthening for organizations and networks to build self-determined strategic alliances that use strategic litigation to advance social movement goals for social change. In 2017, he was arrested and deported by the government of Tanzania along with other lawyer colleagues for this work. He subsequently co-founded the Taala Foundation- an organization that promotes
wellness for youth on the margins through mental health, education, and the law. He has been recognised as a Ford Foundation Global Fellow 2021 and a G20 Young Global Changer. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Makerere University, and a member of the Uganda Law Society and East Africa Law Society- making him the first openly trans* member of a professional association in Uganda. He is currently enrolled at the University of Oxford, where his current research explores the history of trans* and
gender diversity in East Africa. A former athlete in the Uganda National Basketball League, Noah likes to remain active. When he is not at work, he spends time outdoors connecting with nature and exploring universal knowledge through food, books, films, art, theatre, and other oral narratives. He is a new resident in downtown Toronto, and now calls Canada home.