In the two cases that I cited, one was at the oldest university in the country, in a male residence. Two individuals who were sharing a room were suspected by their fellow colleagues of being involved in same-sex conduct. One evening, the students organized, sounded alarms and descended upon these two individuals in an act to try to lynch them. They're lucky they were not lynched, because they ran away and found safety elsewhere.
In a secondary school in western Uganda, called Ntare School, the same thing happened. These two young boys were never caught in any sexual intercourse. They were merely suspected of being involved in same-sex conduct, perhaps because they were close to each other or they were holding hands. Students in this secondary school did the same thing: In the night, they pulled them out of their dormitory and tried to lynch them. They ran into the dark. These attacks have never been investigated.
It's just the appearance of being gay. In some cases, you have been mentioned in a tabloid newspaper. The tabloid newspapers are notorious for outing individuals. Once you're mentioned there, it can easily attract violence.
In my own case, I've lost count of the times people have attacked me for being a lawyer for the LGBTI community. People have walked up to me and spat in my face when I was doing my grocery shopping and accused me of being an agent of foreigners and promoting foreign interests.
You don't have to be found in same-sex conduct; just being suspected can have dire consequences. It is worse for trans individuals. They face the harshest response from society. Most of the cases of evictions and cases of more violence have been against trans individuals. Because of the way they dress and because of the transition they have gone through—people have known you as a man and you have now transitioned into a woman or vice versa—these individuals face the harshest attacks in our society.