U.K. Prime Mister Rishi Sunak has apologized for the treatment of gay veterans by sayg that a prev ban on LGBTQ+ people servg the U.K. ary was “an appallg failure of the Brish state.”
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- UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY LAW: HOW RTRICTED ARE LGBTQ RIGHTS AI?
- KENYAN URT UPHOLDS LAW MAKG GAY SEX ILLEGAL
- KENYA GAY SEX BAN UPHELD BY HIGH COURT NAIROBI DISAPPOTMENT FOR AI'S LGBTQ RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY LAW: HOW RTRICTED ARE LGBTQ RIGHTS AI?
* kenya gay ban *
Kenya and Uganda are movg to further curtail the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) people, whose relatnships are already emed illegal the nservative East Ain natns. After a ssn lastg nearly seven hours, Ugandan lawmakers approved the Anti-Homosexualy Act on Tuday, orrg harsh penalti for anyone who engag same-sex activy. In Kenya, a Febary lg by the Supreme Court upheld verdicts by lower urts statg that the ernment uld not lawfully refe to register an anisatn llg self the Natnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn (NGLHRC).
KENYAN URT UPHOLDS LAW MAKG GAY SEX ILLEGAL
If assented to by Ugandan Print Yoweri Meveni, the bill will hand thori broad powers to target gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimatn and mob vlence. It bans promotg and abettg homosexualy as well as nspiracy to engage homosexualy, addn to same-sex terurse.
KENYA GAY SEX BAN UPHELD BY HIGH COURT NAIROBI DISAPPOTMENT FOR AI'S LGBTQ RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
Vlatns unr the law draw severe penalti, cludg ath for so-lled aggravated homosexualy and life prison for gay sex. Aggravated homosexualy volv gay sex wh people unr the age of 18 or when the perpetrator is HIV posive, among other tegori, acrdg to the law.