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RIGHT-WG MEDIA FIGUR FENDG UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY LAW ARE NNECTED TO ANIZATNS THAT HELPED SPIRE
By CountryBy Year FoundA list of LGBT anizatns and groups Mori UgandaSexual Mori Uganda [SM-UG] is a non-prof, non-ernmental anisatn that works towards achievg full legal and social equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual…The Youth Empowerment Foundatn-TYEFThe youth Empowerment Foundatn (TYEF) is a Non- Governmental Organizatn that was formed 2009, and not yet registered. Uganda was not always the extremely homophobic untry has transformed to. It first gaed ternatnal notoriety 2009 when David Bahati, a member of the Ugandan parliament whose views were heavily fluenced by Amerin evangelils, troduced the now famo “Kill the Gays” bill.
Unr the guise of “protectg the tradnal fay, ” the bill advoted for the ath penalty for “aggravated homosexualy” and the imprisonment of anyone “promotg” or failg to report homosexualy. Supporters of the bill equated homosexualy wh pedophilia, suatg that gay adults groomed vulnerable children to homosexualy.