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?
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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.
KENYAN URT UPHOLDS LAW MAKG GAY SEX ILLEGAL
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). 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.
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. Same-sex relatns are legal only 22 of Ai’s 54 untri, and are punishable by ath or lengthy prison terms some, acrdg to a global review by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA).
Ai acunts for nearly half of the untri worldwi where homosexualy is outlawed, acrdg to the review. Uganda is notor for strict views on sexualy and tolerance towards homosexualy, which is crimalised unr lonial-era laws.
KENYA GAY SEX BAN UPHELD BY HIGH COURT NAIROBI DISAPPOTMENT FOR AI'S LGBTQ RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
But opposn policians boytted a speech by Meveni on Thursday, which he scribed gay people as “viatns”, to prott agast human rights vlatns and the illegal imprisonment and forced disappearance of their supporters. Meanwhile, nspiracy theori accg shadowy ternatnal forc of promotg homosexualy are gag tractn on social media. In Kenya, Archbishop Jackson Ole Sap of the Anglin Church speculated that the alleged spread of homosexualy was a sister ploy by environmentalists to populate the globe an effort to addrs climate change.
The Uned Natns and the Uned Stat on Wednday lled for Meveni to reject what they said was an “appallg” anti-gay bill.