Secret Liv: an Eveng a Ugandan Gay Bar

Contents:

• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS KAMPALA
• INSI A GAY BAR IN UGANDA, WHERE THE GOVERNMENT TRIED TO OUTLAW HOMOSEXUALY
• GAY UGANDAN ASKS 'WHERE WILL I GO?' AS SECRET SHELTERS UNR THREAT
• KAMPALA GAY MUNY HOLD SECRET BASH
• GAY KAMPALA TRAVEL GUI
• GAY PRI UGANDA
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN KAMPALA, UGANDA
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS KAMPALA

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But for six hours on a Sunday night that fly by all too fast, the venue, wh s grass thatched roof and flashg fluorcent dis floor lights, be a haven for Uganda's gay muny who meet here to drk, dance and more. Last December the Ugandan parliament passed an anti-gay bill that stipulated repeat homosexuals should be jailed for life, outlawed the promotn of homosexualy and required people to nounce gays. Chris, 19, a rporate worker, says he has known he was gay sce he was 16, but hasn't told his fay.

INSI A GAY BAR IN UGANDA, WHERE THE GOVERNMENT TRIED TO OUTLAW HOMOSEXUALY

In the lead-up to the anti-gay bill beg passed by Ugandan legislators last December, Chris stayed away om the bar.

"I was very shocked hearg about that thg, " he said when asked his thoughts on homosexualy. But she is a mory Uganda, a socially nservative natn where most people support the anti-gay legislatn. MPs are attemptg to retroduce the measur parliament, and unr a standg lonial-era Penal Co, gay Ugandans n still be jailed for "rnal knowledge agast the orr of nature".

GAY UGANDAN ASKS 'WHERE WILL I GO?' AS SECRET SHELTERS UNR THREAT

Image ptn, Ali's father told him he never wanted to see him aga after his sexualy beme publicUganda's parliament last week passed one of the world's tought laws agast homosexual activi, promptg wispread nmnatn.

The BBC got accs to the secret shelters and spoke to rints about their liv and had kept his sexualy secret but was outed after he was arrted when Ugandan police raid an unrground gay bar the pal, Kampala, 2019.

KAMPALA GAY MUNY HOLD SECRET BASH

"His story of stigmatisatn, vlence and fear provis a glimpse to the liv of LGBT people sex is already outlawed the untry, but the new Anti-Homosexualy Bill go even measure, still awag printial assent before be law, prcrib life prison for anyone intifyg as a sexual mory, as well as the ath penalty for child sexual abe mted by homosexuals. Rapg a child unr 14, or if the offenr is HIV-posive, already rri the ath penalty but this is rarely rried may also rult the closure of any shelter where people have gone to seek safety, as f as an offence anyone who leas a property "for the purpose of unrtakg activi that enurage homosexualy".

They also uld be terpreted as a source, RtersImage ptn, Ugandan MP John Mira wore a gown wh anti-homosexual slogans on for the bate parliamentAfter fleeg his home four years ago, Ali was told about a place where he uld live relative safety that also provid meals and ma efforts to fd jobs for homels gay men. We had to ny that we were homosexual to stay safe, " he sociable meanour beli the trma he says he suffered while rcerated.

Image ptn, Tim's safety has been threatened sce the Anti-Homosexualy Bill was batedThe sense of chaos is a direct rult of the possibily of the Anti-Homosexualy Bill beg law. "Tim beme a victim of cyber harassment on the day the Anti-Homosexualy Bill was bated parliament.

GAY KAMPALA TRAVEL GUI

A group of about 40 lol homosexuals on Monday met at a Kampala rtrant for hhed up party om 1:00pm to 9:00pm. Ssenyonjo, a unsellor of the gay group — Integry Uganda, who nfirmed his prence, told our snoops that a lol secury operative had vlated one of the gays bee of his sexual orientatn.

Ssenyonjo said the gay muny was lookg for ways to be “accepted and regnised” the untry. Homosexualy is taboo almost all Ain untri and illegal most cludg Uganda, where rights groups say gay people have long risked jail. It’s almost a year sce a nstutnal urt overturned legislatn that would have strengthened punishments for anyone ught havg gay sex.

GAY PRI UGANDA

On Saturday Augt 8 members of the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny Uganda celebrate Gay Pri near the pal Kampala. A march took place an undisclosed lotn, wh people holdg rmatn posters and playg mic about beg gay Uganda.

Most of those I met were facg difficult personal stggl, alg wh fay rejectn and ntendg wh a homophobic muny all around them.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN KAMPALA, UGANDA

While homosexualy is illegal Uganda, many the LGBT muny are more aaid of hostily om their next-door neighbours than om the law. Print Barack Obama’s vol support for gay rights Ai has given them an extra pch of enuragement and zeal to fight reprsive laws. Homosexual behavr is illegal (Ugandan Penal Co Act, sectns 21 and 140) and wily nsired immoral.

THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

Nohels, the attentn given to the subject the popular prs and a quick ter search speak to the existence of gay and bisexual men Uganda and suggt that same sex behavr may occur to a greater extent than is generally regnized.

In addn, our formative phase intified bars, rtrants, and dance clubs that provi safe social spac for gay and bisexual men Kampala.

The aims were to scribe the mographic characteristics of gay and bisexual men Kampala, gge awarens and level of sexual risk behavr, foster their cln HIV/AIDS preventn and re program planng, and field tt survey methods that may serve as a mol for epimlogil rearch and HIV surveillance among MSM sub-Saharan Ai. Our study populatn was men aged 18 years or olr who self-intified as gay or bisexual and were rints of Kampala. We elected to e self-inty as gay or bisexual as the cln crern rather than the broar fn of men who have sex wh men (i.