Today In Gay History: Uganda's Bisexual Kg Mwanga II Tak The Throne

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• YAS, QUEENS (AND KGS)! HISTORY’S MOST SNDALO QUEER ROYALS: MWANGA IITHE 19TH-CENTURY AIN KG ALLEGEDLY KILLED 45 YOUNG MEN FOR REFG TO HAVE SEX WH HIM—BUT THE ACTUAL STORY IS FAR MORE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CULTUREBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEOCTOBER 21, 2019/3:23 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2300PX;WIDTH:1800PX;}PUBLIC DOMA/WIKIMEDIA COMMONSBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEOCTOBER 21, 2019 / 3:23 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"YAS, QUEENS (AND KGS)! HISTORY’S MOST SNDALO QUEER ROYALS: MWANGA II","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-21T19:23:22.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-21T19:23:22.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"YAS, QUEENS (AND KGS)! HISTORY’S MOST SNDALO QUEER ROYALS" IS A WEEKLONG SERI CELEBRATN OF LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH CHRONICLG BOTH QUEER ERASURE AND MONARCHAL SHENANIGANS OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEGEND HAS THAT MWANGA II, THE 31ST KABAKA, OR KG, OF BUGANDA WHAT IS NOW MORN-DAY UGANDA, SENTENCED SOME 30 TO 45 MEN TO ATH HIS URT THE 1880S FOR REFG HIS SEXUAL ADVANC. THOSE MEN WERE BEATIFIED 1920, THEN NONIZED 1964, AND EVERY JUNE 3, CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD MEMORATE THEIR SACRIFICE FOR MARTYRS' DAY. MWANGA, ON THE OTHER HAND, WAS VILIFIED AS A HOMOSEXUAL RAPIST, AND HOMOSEXUALY TURN BEME NOT ONLY A S BUT A CRIME PUNISHABLE BY ATH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EFFECTS OF MWANGA'S ALLEGED DISCRETNS N STILL BE SEEN UGANDA, WHERE PRINT MEVENI RECENTLY NIED MORS OF A RENEWED EFFORT TO PASS A "KILL THE GAYS" BILL. MEVENI HIMSELF HAS REFERRED TO THE DISGRACED KABAKA WHILE NOUNCG HOMOSEXUALY AS A FOREIGN NCEPT. "I HEAR THERE WAS HOMOSEXUALY MWANGA’S PALACE," MEVENI SAID 2010. "THIS WAS NOT PART OF OUR CULTURE. I HEAR HE LEARNT OM THE ARABS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE TTH IS, AS OFTEN IS HISTORY, FAR MORE PLITED THAN THAT. FIRST, HOMOSEXUALY IS PART OF EVERY CULTURE. ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE, REGARDLS OF WHAT THE LAW HAS TO SAY ABOUT . MWANGA DIDN'T "LEARN" HOMOSEXUALY OM THE ARABS—HIS FATHER, MUTEA I, HAD CRACKED DOWN ON MLIM FLUENCE THE KGDOM BEFORE THE 16-YEAR-OLD MWANGA TOOK THE THRONE AFTER HIS FATHER'S UNEXPECTED ATH 1884.UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGMUTEA I MAABYA WALUGEMBE KAYIIRA AND HIS CHIEFS. KABAKA OF THE KGDOM OF BUGANDA, FROM 1856 UNTIL 1884. FROM THE WORLD'S INHABANTS BY G.T. BETTANY PUBLISHED 1888. (PHOTO BY: UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUTEA I WH HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUTEA, A SHREWD POLICIAN AND AN ORNERY SONUVABCH, SPOTTED THE GROWG FLUENCE OF EUROPEAN POWERS, ISLAM, AND CHRISTIANY—BOTH NEIGHBORG KGDOMS AND WH BUGANDA'S BORRS. SO AN EFFORT TO TER THE SPREAD OF ISLAM, HE HAD 70 MLIM NVERTS HIS URT EXECUTED. BUT HE ALSO VED CHRISTIAN MISSNARI TO BUGANDA TO FORCE OUTSIR RELIGNS TO PETE AND KEEP EACH OTHER CHECK. IT'S LLED PROMISG, BUT THAT PLAN WENT FLYG OUT THE WDOW WHEN MUTEA SUDNLY GOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO THE EUROPEAN MISSNARI, MUTEA WAS BEG PUNISHED FOR HIS OWN LOVE OF SWEET, SWEET SODOMY. BEE, YOU SEE, THAT WAS AT THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL FOR 19TH-CENTURY WHE CHRISTIANS. AFTER ALL, BUGGERY, A.K.A. BUTT SEX, WAS A PAL OFFENSE ENGLAND OM 1523 TO 1861. THAT'S MORE THAN 300 YEARS DURG WHICH YOU ULD DIE FOR SOMETHG THAT LIKE A THIRD OF STRAIGHT MEN HAVE TRIED THEIR LIFETIME. ENGLAND EXPORTED THE BUGGERY LAWS TO ALL S LONI, WHICH IS WHY HOMOPHOBIA IS RAMPANT SO MUCH OF AI AND THE CARIBBEAN. AND 'S ALSO WHY WHEN MUTEA'S HEIR, MWANGA, CID TO PLAY TOUGH WH CHRISTIAN MISSNARI, THEY CID TO PAT HIM AS A RAGG SODOME—"THEY" PRIMARILY BEG STTISH PRBYTERIAN MISSNARY ALEXANR MACKAY.PUBLIC DOMA/WIKIMEDIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KABAKA MWANGA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MACKAY HAD BEEN IENDS WH MUTEA, WHO HAD WELED MISSNARI TO HIS KGDOM SO HE ULD BASILLY KEEP AN EYE ON THEM, BUT HE WAS MET WH A CHILLIER RECEPTN OM THE 16-YEAR-OLD BOY KG. IN A LETTER WRTEN 1884, MACKAY ACCED THE NEWLY CROWNED KABAKA OF BEG ADDICTED TO MARIJUANA AND VORTG WH ARABS. (I MEAN, SAAAAAAAME.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MACKAY ALSO WROTE FAVORABLY OF A YOUNG MAN THE KG'S URT WHO REFED MWANGA'S ADVANC, LLG HIS "AN ACT OF SPLENDID DISOBEDIENCE AND BRAVE RISTANCE TO THIS NEGRO NERO'S ORRS" AND SAYG HE "ABSOLUTELY REFED TO BE MA THE VICTIM OF AN UNMENTNABLE ABOMATN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MWANGA WAS NO FAN OF MACKAY EHER. IN JANUARY 1885, HE HAD ALL MALE FOREIGN SYMPATHIZERS BUGANDA ARRTED, CLUDG FIVE BOYS MACKAY'S SERVICE. ONE WAS RELEASED, BUT THE OTHER FOUR WERE KILLED. THEN THGS TOOK A REAL TURN OCTOBER OF 1885, WHEN MWANGA HAD STTISH BISHOP JAM HARRGTON EXECUTED UPON CROSSG OVER TO BUGANDA. THE WHOLE ATTACK MAY HAVE BEEN A MISUNRSTANDG, BUT NEVERTHELS GALVANIZED SUPPORT AGAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BETWEEN 1886 AND 1887, MWANGA HAD 30 TO 45 MEN KILLED WHOM HE BELIEVED WERE NSPIRG WH THE EUROPEAN MISSNARI—NOT FOR LEFT-SWIPG HIM THE SHEETS. TURNS OUT, HIS SPICN WAS RRECT: IN 1888, CHRISTIANS AND MLIMS MANAGED TO PUT THEIR DIFFERENC ASI, BAND TOGETHER, AND REMOVED MWANGA OM THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE YOUNG MONARCH WOULD MAKE A AL WH THE PROTTANT CHRISTIANS TO BEE THE KABAKA AGA 1892, BUT WH HIS POWER SEVERELY DIMISHED, HE REALIZED HE HAD TO GET RID OF THE LONIZERS. HE STARTED BUILDG A REBEL ARMY SECRET, AND 1897, MWANGA WAGED A WAR AGAST THE BRISH. HE LOST, AND AFTER SOME MORE ATTEMPTS AT REBELLN, MWANGA WAS ULTIMATELY EXILED TO THE BRISH-HELD SEYCHELL ISLANDS 1899, WHERE HE DIED FOUR YEARS LATER AT AGE 35.ERNT GEDGE/ROYAL GEOGRAPHIL SOCIETY VIA GETTY IMAGMWANGA AND CHIEFS OUTSI THE BARAZA, MENGO, UGANDA, UGANDA. (PHOTO BY ERNT GEDGE /ROYAL GEOGRAPHIL SOCIETY VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MWANGA II (CENTER) AND HIS CHIEFS, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MWANGA AND BUGANDA REPRENTED ONE OF THE LAST OPPOSNS TO WHE LE OF THE AIN NTENT. BUT WHAT THANKS DO THE KABAKA GET? HE'S MA TO A BIG OLD GAY MONSTER BEE, AS WE'VE LEARNED, HISTORY IS ALWAYS WRTEN BY THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TTH IS, MWANGA II WAS PROBABLY BISEXUAL—HE HAD 16 WIV, BUT HOMOSEXUALY WASN'T A BIG AL UNTIL CHRISTIAN MISSNARI MA ONE—BUT HE DIDN'T MURR NOCENT BOYS FOR REFG TO SHARE HIS ROYAL BED. RATHER, HE WAS TRYG TO PROTECT HIS KGDOM AND HIS PEOPLE OM BEG NQUERED BY THE WHE MAN. TH, HE SHOULDN'T BE REMEMBERED AS A GAY SUPERVILLA BUT STEAD AS A QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOMOSEXUALY ISN'T THE ENEMY—LOOKG AT YOU, UGANDA. IMPERIALISM, HOWEVER? WELL, THAT'S A DIFFERENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOURC:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM MWANGA TO MEVENI: SEX, POLICS, AND RELIGN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MWANGA II BASAMMULA EKKERE: THE KG OF BUGANDA’S DISTORTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}LGBTQ HISTORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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YAS, QUEENS (AND KGS)! HISTORY’S MOST SNDALO QUEER ROYALS: MWANGA IITHE 19TH-CENTURY AIN KG ALLEGEDLY KILLED 45 YOUNG MEN FOR REFG TO HAVE SEX WH HIM—BUT THE ACTUAL STORY IS FAR MORE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CULTUREBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEOCTOBER 21, 2019/3:23 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2300PX;WIDTH:1800PX;}PUBLIC DOMA/WIKIMEDIA COMMONSBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEOCTOBER 21, 2019 / 3:23 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"YAS, QUEENS (AND KGS)! HISTORY’S MOST SNDALO QUEER ROYALS: MWANGA II","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-21T19:23:22.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-21T19:23:22.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"YAS, QUEENS (AND KGS)! HISTORY’S MOST SNDALO QUEER ROYALS" IS A WEEKLONG SERI CELEBRATN OF LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH CHRONICLG BOTH QUEER ERASURE AND MONARCHAL SHENANIGANS OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEGEND HAS THAT MWANGA II, THE 31ST KABAKA, OR KG, OF BUGANDA WHAT IS NOW MORN-DAY UGANDA, SENTENCED SOME 30 TO 45 MEN TO ATH HIS URT THE 1880S FOR REFG HIS SEXUAL ADVANC. THOSE MEN WERE BEATIFIED 1920, THEN NONIZED 1964, AND EVERY JUNE 3, CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD MEMORATE THEIR SACRIFICE FOR MARTYRS' DAY. MWANGA, ON THE OTHER HAND, WAS VILIFIED AS A HOMOSEXUAL RAPIST, AND HOMOSEXUALY TURN BEME NOT ONLY A S BUT A CRIME PUNISHABLE BY ATH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EFFECTS OF MWANGA'S ALLEGED DISCRETNS N STILL BE SEEN UGANDA, WHERE PRINT MEVENI RECENTLY NIED MORS OF A RENEWED EFFORT TO PASS A "KILL THE GAYS" BILL. MEVENI HIMSELF HAS REFERRED TO THE DISGRACED KABAKA WHILE NOUNCG HOMOSEXUALY AS A FOREIGN NCEPT. "I HEAR THERE WAS HOMOSEXUALY MWANGA’S PALACE," MEVENI SAID 2010. "THIS WAS NOT PART OF OUR CULTURE. I HEAR HE LEARNT OM THE ARABS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE TTH IS, AS OFTEN IS HISTORY, FAR MORE PLITED THAN THAT. FIRST, HOMOSEXUALY IS PART OF EVERY CULTURE. ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE, REGARDLS OF WHAT THE LAW HAS TO SAY ABOUT . MWANGA DIDN'T "LEARN" HOMOSEXUALY OM THE ARABS—HIS FATHER, MUTEA I, HAD CRACKED DOWN ON MLIM FLUENCE THE KGDOM BEFORE THE 16-YEAR-OLD MWANGA TOOK THE THRONE AFTER HIS FATHER'S UNEXPECTED ATH 1884.UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGMUTEA I MAABYA WALUGEMBE KAYIIRA AND HIS CHIEFS. KABAKA OF THE KGDOM OF BUGANDA, FROM 1856 UNTIL 1884. FROM THE WORLD'S INHABANTS BY G.T. BETTANY PUBLISHED 1888. (PHOTO BY: UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUTEA I WH HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUTEA, A SHREWD POLICIAN AND AN ORNERY SONUVABCH, SPOTTED THE GROWG FLUENCE OF EUROPEAN POWERS, ISLAM, AND CHRISTIANY—BOTH NEIGHBORG KGDOMS AND WH BUGANDA'S BORRS. SO AN EFFORT TO TER THE SPREAD OF ISLAM, HE HAD 70 MLIM NVERTS HIS URT EXECUTED. BUT HE ALSO VED CHRISTIAN MISSNARI TO BUGANDA TO FORCE OUTSIR RELIGNS TO PETE AND KEEP EACH OTHER CHECK. IT'S LLED PROMISG, BUT THAT PLAN WENT FLYG OUT THE WDOW WHEN MUTEA SUDNLY GOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO THE EUROPEAN MISSNARI, MUTEA WAS BEG PUNISHED FOR HIS OWN LOVE OF SWEET, SWEET SODOMY. BEE, YOU SEE, THAT WAS AT THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL FOR 19TH-CENTURY WHE CHRISTIANS. AFTER ALL, BUGGERY, A.K.A. BUTT SEX, WAS A PAL OFFENSE ENGLAND OM 1523 TO 1861. THAT'S MORE THAN 300 YEARS DURG WHICH YOU ULD DIE FOR SOMETHG THAT LIKE A THIRD OF STRAIGHT MEN HAVE TRIED THEIR LIFETIME. ENGLAND EXPORTED THE BUGGERY LAWS TO ALL S LONI, WHICH IS WHY HOMOPHOBIA IS RAMPANT SO MUCH OF AI AND THE CARIBBEAN. AND 'S ALSO WHY WHEN MUTEA'S HEIR, MWANGA, CID TO PLAY TOUGH WH CHRISTIAN MISSNARI, THEY CID TO PAT HIM AS A RAGG SODOME—"THEY" PRIMARILY BEG STTISH PRBYTERIAN MISSNARY ALEXANR MACKAY.PUBLIC DOMA/WIKIMEDIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KABAKA MWANGA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MACKAY HAD BEEN IENDS WH MUTEA, WHO HAD WELED MISSNARI TO HIS KGDOM SO HE ULD BASILLY KEEP AN EYE ON THEM, BUT HE WAS MET WH A CHILLIER RECEPTN OM THE 16-YEAR-OLD BOY KG. IN A LETTER WRTEN 1884, MACKAY ACCED THE NEWLY CROWNED KABAKA OF BEG ADDICTED TO MARIJUANA AND VORTG WH ARABS. (I MEAN, SAAAAAAAME.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MACKAY ALSO WROTE FAVORABLY OF A YOUNG MAN THE KG'S URT WHO REFED MWANGA'S ADVANC, LLG HIS "AN ACT OF SPLENDID DISOBEDIENCE AND BRAVE RISTANCE TO THIS NEGRO NERO'S ORRS" AND SAYG HE "ABSOLUTELY REFED TO BE MA THE VICTIM OF AN UNMENTNABLE ABOMATN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MWANGA WAS NO FAN OF MACKAY EHER. IN JANUARY 1885, HE HAD ALL MALE FOREIGN SYMPATHIZERS BUGANDA ARRTED, CLUDG FIVE BOYS MACKAY'S SERVICE. ONE WAS RELEASED, BUT THE OTHER FOUR WERE KILLED. THEN THGS TOOK A REAL TURN OCTOBER OF 1885, WHEN MWANGA HAD STTISH BISHOP JAM HARRGTON EXECUTED UPON CROSSG OVER TO BUGANDA. THE WHOLE ATTACK MAY HAVE BEEN A MISUNRSTANDG, BUT NEVERTHELS GALVANIZED SUPPORT AGAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BETWEEN 1886 AND 1887, MWANGA HAD 30 TO 45 MEN KILLED WHOM HE BELIEVED WERE NSPIRG WH THE EUROPEAN MISSNARI—NOT FOR LEFT-SWIPG HIM THE SHEETS. TURNS OUT, HIS SPICN WAS RRECT: IN 1888, CHRISTIANS AND MLIMS MANAGED TO PUT THEIR DIFFERENC ASI, BAND TOGETHER, AND REMOVED MWANGA OM THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE YOUNG MONARCH WOULD MAKE A AL WH THE PROTTANT CHRISTIANS TO BEE THE KABAKA AGA 1892, BUT WH HIS POWER SEVERELY DIMISHED, HE REALIZED HE HAD TO GET RID OF THE LONIZERS. HE STARTED BUILDG A REBEL ARMY SECRET, AND 1897, MWANGA WAGED A WAR AGAST THE BRISH. HE LOST, AND AFTER SOME MORE ATTEMPTS AT REBELLN, MWANGA WAS ULTIMATELY EXILED TO THE BRISH-HELD SEYCHELL ISLANDS 1899, WHERE HE DIED FOUR YEARS LATER AT AGE 35.ERNT GEDGE/ROYAL GEOGRAPHIL SOCIETY VIA GETTY IMAGMWANGA AND CHIEFS OUTSI THE BARAZA, MENGO, UGANDA, UGANDA. (PHOTO BY ERNT GEDGE /ROYAL GEOGRAPHIL SOCIETY VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MWANGA II (CENTER) AND HIS CHIEFS, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MWANGA AND BUGANDA REPRENTED ONE OF THE LAST OPPOSNS TO WHE LE OF THE AIN NTENT. BUT WHAT THANKS DO THE KABAKA GET? HE'S MA TO A BIG OLD GAY MONSTER BEE, AS WE'VE LEARNED, HISTORY IS ALWAYS WRTEN BY THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TTH IS, MWANGA II WAS PROBABLY BISEXUAL—HE HAD 16 WIV, BUT HOMOSEXUALY WASN'T A BIG AL UNTIL CHRISTIAN MISSNARI MA ONE—BUT HE DIDN'T MURR NOCENT BOYS FOR REFG TO SHARE HIS ROYAL BED. RATHER, HE WAS TRYG TO PROTECT HIS KGDOM AND HIS PEOPLE OM BEG NQUERED BY THE WHE MAN. TH, HE SHOULDN'T BE REMEMBERED AS A GAY SUPERVILLA BUT STEAD AS A QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOMOSEXUALY ISN'T THE ENEMY—LOOKG AT YOU, UGANDA. IMPERIALISM, HOWEVER? WELL, THAT'S A DIFFERENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOURC:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM MWANGA TO MEVENI: SEX, POLICS, AND RELIGN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MWANGA II BASAMMULA EKKERE: THE KG OF BUGANDA’S DISTORTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}LGBTQ HISTORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Uganda today is arguably one of the most dangero plac the world to be gay. The untry is famo for s treatment of the LGBT muny as homosexualy is seen as a 'wtern practice' and is highly unaccepted. Related | Uganda Official Orrs Pri March Organizers to Cancel ParaWhat many don't know is that the overtly homophobic natn once held a bisexual the age of 16 on October 18, 1884, Mwanga II Basammula Ekkere beme kg the kg of Uganda.

Mwanga, on the other hand, was vilified as a homosexual rapist, and homosexualy turn beme not only a s but a crime punishable by ath the effects of Mwanga's alleged discretns n still be seen Uganda, where Print Meveni recently nied mors of a renewed effort to pass a "Kill the Gays" bill. Meveni himself has referred to the disgraced kabaka while nouncg homosexualy as a foreign ncept.

KG LIL JAY SLAMS GAY MORS AFTER VIO OF MAT KISSG PROMPTS TROLLS’ RPONSE

"I hear there was homosexualy Mwanga’s palace, " Meveni said 2010. First, homosexualy is part of every culture. Mwanga didn't "learn" homosexualy om the Arabs—his father, Mutea I, had cracked down on Mlim fluence the kgdom before the 16-year-old Mwanga took the throne after his father's unexpected ath 1884.

England exported the buggery laws to all s loni, which is why homophobia is rampant so much of Ai and the Caribbean. He's ma to a big old gay monster bee, as we've learned, history is always wrten by the tth is, Mwanga II was probably bisexual—he had 16 wiv, but homosexualy wasn't a big al until Christian missnari ma one—but he didn't murr nocent boys for refg to share his royal bed.

[WATCH] UNSEEN FOOTAGE OF KG VON CLAIMG HE’S GAY TO BE PLACED PRISON PROTECTIVE CTODY

Th, he shouldn't be remembered as a gay supervilla but stead as a queer hero.

Homosexualy isn't the enemy—lookg at you, Uganda.

As Uganda ntu to be a cspool of homosexual hatred and ignorance, remember every current suatn has a begng. Uganda hasn’t always the worst place on earth to be a homosexual.