Uganda may impose some of the world’s strictt anti-gay measur.
Contents:
- UGANDA MAY IMPOSE SOME OF THE WORLD’S STRICTT ANTI-GAY MEASUR: ‘YOU’RE FEARG FOR YOUR LIFE’
- TURKEY: PORTUGUE TOURIST SAYS HE WAS JAILED FOR LOOKG GAY
- WHAT DO UGANDA'S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW MEAN FOR LGBTQ+ TRAVEL AI?
- UGANDA'S STRICT ANTI-GAY LAWS ULD AFFECT TOURISTS
UGANDA MAY IMPOSE SOME OF THE WORLD’S STRICTT ANTI-GAY MEASUR: ‘YOU’RE FEARG FOR YOUR LIFE’
The agony of Uganda's proposed anti-gay bill: "There is a lot of fear. I love my untry so much, [but] our ernment keeps shockg .” * gay tourist uganda *
Many of Ugandas trib have a long cultural history of homosexualy, bisexualy, cross-drsg and a general blurrg of sexual orientatns.
TURKEY: PORTUGUE TOURIST SAYS HE WAS JAILED FOR LOOKG GAY
A 34-year-old Portugue man was arrted by the police while vatng Turkey bee he "looked gay", Portugue media reported. * gay tourist uganda *
The origal laws forbiddg homosexual activy were not troduced by Ugandan lers, but by the Brish, unr lonial le the 19th century. It is ironic, therefore, that many of the Ugandans who are opposed to homosexualy today claim that this is bee is anti-Ugandan and anti-Ain.
WHAT DO UGANDA'S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW MEAN FOR LGBTQ+ TRAVEL AI?
Dpe Ugandas sexually liberal history, theres a myth that homosexualy is a Wtern ctom beg troduced to the ntent as a form of cultural lonialisatn. LGBTQ+ rights anisatns also pot a fger at evangelil groups and their opposn to gay agendas, such as the US missnari who arrived the untry 2009.
In speech held ont of thoands of participants, they claimed that homosexualy was evil, and explaed how to make gay people straight. A survey rried out by the Pew Rearch Centre revealed that jt four percent of Ugandans were willg to state that society should accept homosexualy.
However, the “Kill the Gays Bill” was clared unnstutnal by the nstutnal urt of Uganda.
UGANDA'S STRICT ANTI-GAY LAWS ULD AFFECT TOURISTS
Tour operators such as Kabiza Wilrns Safaris have weled gay visors and facilated their experienc, cludg gorilla and wildlife there may not be many LGBTQI+ tourists Uganda, many visors om untri like the US, Canada, Atralia, New Zealand, the UK, and Europe support the LGBTQI+ muny. The cultural norm is that what happens private spac, such as the home or the bedroom, should rema 2014, Uganda passed an Anti-Homosexualy Act; however, was later overturned by the nstutnal urt.
While there is no longer a specific law crimalizg homosexualy, is sential to regnize that societal attus toward LGBTQI+ dividuals rema primarily nservative.