Contents:
- UGANDA PASSED ONE OF THE WORLD’S HARSHT ANTI-GAY LAWS. LGBTQ PEOPLE SCRIBE LIVG THERE AS ‘HELL’
- THE NEW ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSED GHANA WILL DTROY LIV
- GAY ACTIVISTS GHANA MAND RELEASE OF 21 PEOPLE ARRTED AT LGBTQI NFERENCE
UGANDA PASSED ONE OF THE WORLD’S HARSHT ANTI-GAY LAWS. LGBTQ PEOPLE SCRIBE LIVG THERE AS ‘HELL’
Global outcry over Meveni’s assent to dranian new anti-gay law, nmned as a ‘permissn slip for hate and humanisatn’. The Inter-Relig Council of Uganda, which is openly homophobic, has been a direct recipient of UK aid money.
The Supreme Court of Namibia regnised same-sex marriag between cizens and foreign partners, a historic cisn a natn where homosexualy has been agast the law. In Kenya, Catholic-allied MPs have vowed to mobilise to disband the NGO Board to preempt the imment registratn of a gay rights lobby group. In Bundi, prosecutors have charged 24 people wh engagg same-sex acts and cg homosexualy others, part of a crackdown on LGBTQI+ rights that has been cricised by the Uned Natns.
Canon John Awodi clar vehemently that “homosexualy is a s that mt be repented of, ” addg that is agast the “orr of God. “Homosexualy is not natural, is unnatural.
THE NEW ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSED GHANA WILL DTROY LIV
The them have bee a mon thread his sermons and terviews, pecially sce Uganda’s Anti-Homosexualy Act was signed to law last month. The act outlaws gay marriage Uganda, punish same-sex acts wh life imprisonment, and lls for the ath penalty for “aggravated homosexualy” – which clus sex wh a mor or otherwise vulnerable person, havg sex while HIV posive and ct.
In recent weeks, disturbg vios have surfaced showg mountg hostily towards lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex dividuals Uganda sce the retroductn of the Anti-Homosexualy Bill.
At least 300 human rights vlatns agast spected homosexuals have been reported Uganda arisg om the Anti-Homosexualy Act of 2023, the SRT told CNN. Nash Wash Raphael, a 30-year-old transgenr man, says he was attacked on the night Meveni signed the Anti-Homosexualy Act.
GAY ACTIVISTS GHANA MAND RELEASE OF 21 PEOPLE ARRTED AT LGBTQI NFERENCE
The new law stat that “a person who promot homosexualy ms an offense and is liable, on nvictn, to imprisonment for a perd not exceedg twenty years. It also requir Ugandans to report spected homosexuals or vlatns of the law to the thori.
On Meveni’s remendatn, the law prcrib rehabilatn for nvicted homosexuals to change their sexual orientatn, even though scientists say so-lled nversn therapy is harmful and effective. Ugandan lawmakers, who overwhelmgly supported the bill, railed agast the supposed “recment” of young people to homosexualy, pedophilia and groomg. “I want to disagree wh the people who say homosexualy is a Wtern ncept.
We’ve lived wh homosexualy here this untry, Ai. Human rights advot say that the offense of “promotn” of homosexualy uld be weaponized agast activists, journalists, or any ordary cizen.