In 2006, she completed a certificate in journalism at the Johannesburg Media School, where she trained students from African countries such as Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Uganda in activism.

[9] In 2010, Ugandan newspaper Rolling Stone published names and photos of people believed to be homosexual, with the headline "Hang Them".

[10][clarification needed] Nabagesera explained it set a precedence as an attempt to protect “privacy and the safety we all have against incitements to violence”.

[13][14] She spoke at the 2017 WorldPride summit in Madrid, and led a discussion about LGBTQIA+ in Africa with Najma Kousri from Tunisia, South African Yahia Zaidi, Alimi Bisi Ademola from Nigeria, and Michèle Ndoki from Cameroon.

[2][19] According to Michelle Kagari of Amnesty International, the award "recognises [Nabagesera's] tremendous courage in the face of discrimination and violence against LGBT people in Uganda.

Her passion to promote equality and her tireless work to end a despicable climate of fear is an inspiration to LGBT activists the world over ..."[20] In November 2011, she was awarded the Rafto Prize in Bergen, Norway, with Sexual Minorities Uganda, an umbrella organization that she co-founded in 2004.