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Passg the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu bill would further rce eedoms a untry where gay sex is already punishable wh up to three years jail, crics and activists Odoi, an amic rearcher, filed a lawsu on July 7 challengg the bill's nstutnaly, sayg would impact donor aid and other forms of fancial support.

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Ghana's Supreme Court on Wednday led her arguments were not sufficiently nvcg to grant an lg cleared the way for the bill, one of the harsht towards the LGBTQ muny Ai, to go through a fal stage of parliamentary approval before beg signed to May, Uganda's Print Yoweri Meveni signed one of the world's tought anti-LGBTQ laws, which spelled out the ath penalty for "aggravated homosexualy"'s bill, backed by relig and tradnal lears, clus jail sentenc of up to 10 years for advotg for LGBTQ rights. A member of the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) seen reactg after Kenya's High Court led to uphold the Brish-era penal that crimalis gay sex (Photo: 24 May 2019)In the latt sign of risg homophobia different Ain untri, a Kenyan opposn MP is leadg a mpaign for parliament to further crimalise the untry's small LGBTQ Peter Kaluma's move after neighbourg Uganda adopted a tough new anti-gay law, rejectg threats by US Print Joe Bin to impose sanctns and travel rtrictns on "anyone volved ser human rights ab" I met Mr Kaluma - a member of veteran Kenyan opposn polician Raila Odga's Orange Democratic Movement - he was stg behd his sk at his office the pal Nairobi, proof-readg and makg rrectns to a bill that he tends to table parliament soon. "We want to prohib everythg to do wh homosexualy, " Mr Kaluma tells me, addg that his bill will be much broar than the legislatn passed by Uganda's parliament and approved by Print Yoweri Meveni Ugandan law is regard as one of the harsht anti-LGBTQ laws the propos life imprisonment for anyone nvicted of homosexualy, and the ath penalty for so-lled aggravated s, which clu havg gay sex wh someone below the age of 18 or where someone be fected wh a life-long illns such as the other si of the ntent, MPs Ghana earlier this month unanimoly voted favour of amendments to the untry's anti-gay legislatn, phg closer to beg enacted to law.

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Gay paras, drag shows, wearg the lours, the flags, the emblems of the LGBTQ group, " Mr Kaluma sex is already illegal Kenya, but the ernment n also be tolerant of gay people - for example, has given asylum to people om other Ain untri, cludg Uganda, who faced persecutn their home untri bee of their sexual Kaluma tells me he wants their asylum to be revoked, and for them to leave a small, hidn church set up to offer fort and support to LGBTQ people central Nairobi, the female pastor says Mr Kaluma's bill is g "a lot of panic, anxiety, fear". It fuels some kd of vlence that now people are planng but holdg back on, " she tells Kenyans believe that gay rights are agast their relign - whether Christian or MlimAlthough the meetg Uganda was billed as an attempt to protect the "sovereignty" of Ain stat, was actually -sponsored by an Amerin Christian right-wg anisatn, Fay Watch Internatnal (FWI) Kapya Kaoma, a Zambian prit the Anglin Church and an amic at Boston Universy the US, says Ain untri are beg targeted by FWI and siar US-based anisatns, and that the impact of s lobbyg has been "horrible and humane" parts of Ai, fuellg what he lls "ant homophobia".

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"It is one thg to say: 'I don't agree wh you beg gay', but we didn't have the ant one, where policians now are sayg: 'You go to jail for life, you go to jail for talkg about beg gay, you go to jail bee you're livg wh your fellow woman', " Dr Kaoma 's Mormon founr Sharon Slater ni that the group promot anti-gay laws Ai.

"Fay Watch oppos legislatn that penalis a person for havg sexual attractns or for how they intify, " she says an emailed rponse to the Slater addrsed Ain lawmakers, clerics and mpaigners at their fom Uganda's laki cy of Entebbe March, and later appeared a group photo wh Print Meveni at his official more than 20 years, Mrs Slater has lobbied ernments on what she lls "fay valu" and has ma her missn to mpaign agast children and young people beg given Comprehensive Sexualy Edutn (CSE), a curriculum-based sex tn programme champned by the Uned Natns and other c a Uned Natns Populatn Fund (UNFPA) manual for out-of-school youths east and southern Ai, sayg promot homosexualy and is too explic. "It sensis children to sex, " she Slater also quot om the manual, cludg l which say that facilators of lsons should have "a ntral, acceptg attu towards homosexualy" I ntact Maria Bakaroudis, UNFPA's CSE specialist for east and southern Ai, for ment, she says she is not keen to talk about the "opposn", as she refers to adds that the manual is only a guile, and each untry n tailor to su their Bakaroudis fends CSE, sayg provis "life-savg rmatn" to curb high rat of untend pregnanci, HIV, and sexually transmted 's LGBTQ muny has been wagg a long-nng mpaign to mand equal rightsAlthough Mr Kaluma attend the meetg Uganda -sponsored by FWI, he ni workg wh the group on his bill, which he says will propose a ban on teachg CSE sayg is part of the "LGBTQ agenda".

Image source, Getty ImagIn the latt sign of risg homophobia different Ain untri, a Kenyan opposn MP is leadg a mpaign for parliament to further crimalise the untry's small LGBTQ muny.

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Gee Peter Kaluma's move after neighbourg Uganda adopted a tough new anti-gay law, rejectg threats by US Print Joe Bin to impose sanctns and travel rtrictns on "anyone volved ser human rights ab".

"We want to prohib everythg to do wh homosexualy, " Mr Kaluma tells me, addg that his bill will be much broar than the legislatn passed by Uganda's parliament and approved by Print Yoweri Meveni May. The Ugandan law is regard as one of the harsht anti-LGBTQ laws the propos life imprisonment for anyone nvicted of homosexualy, and the ath penalty for so-lled aggravated s, which clu havg gay sex wh someone below the age of 18 or where someone be fected wh a life-long illns such as the other si of the ntent, MPs Ghana earlier this month unanimoly voted favour of amendments to the untry's anti-gay legislatn, phg closer to beg enacted to law.

Though ls harsh than Uganda's new law, the Promotn of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu Bill propos a three-year prison sentence for anyone who intifi as LGBTQ and a 10-year sentence for anyone who promot homosexualy. Gay paras, drag shows, wearg the lours, the flags, the emblems of the LGBTQ group, " Mr Kaluma says. Gay sex is already illegal Kenya, but the ernment n also be tolerant of gay people - for example, has given asylum to people om other Ain untri, cludg Uganda, who faced persecutn their home untri bee of their sexual orientatn.

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Forty seven Republins joed all Hoe Democrats passg the measure that also would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. </span><span data-ttid="space"> </span><span data-ttid="space"> </span><div class="wpds-c-iAHIzL wpds-c-iAHIzL-ikeovZX-css"><button aria-label="Show more" class="wpds-c-kSOqLF wpds-c-kSOqLF-SQjOY-variant-sendary wpds-c-kSOqLF-biynoz-nsy-pact wpds-c-kSOqLF-gtsvqC-in-right wpds-c-kSOqLF-ilgSeWs-css"><svg xmlns=" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="currentColor" aria-hidn="te" focable="false" role="img" class="wpds-c-FIwwz "><path d="m3.38 6 .71-.71L8 9.25l3.91-3.92.71.71L8 10.67Z"></path></svg>Show more</button></div></div></div></div><div></div><div data-ttid="body-luf-key-updat" class="PJLV"><div data-qa="luf-key-updat" class="PJLV PJLV-iAJzqA-css"><span data-qa="luf-key-updat-hear" class="wpds-c-loOkwB">Key updat</span><ul class="wpds-c-bjPTlu"><li class="wpds-c-iOwvna"><div class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-cQNKxr-hasOneUpdate-false wpds-c-PJLV-ieEsjx-css"></div><div class="wpds-c-hgrCLG wpds-c-hgrCLG-fvayZa-noTopMarg-te wpds-c-hgrCLG-ikxYKtF-css"><div data-ttid="bullet-in" class="wpds-c-ieIwuP"><svg xmlns=" fill="var(--wpds-lors-red100)" viewBox="0 0 16 16" aria-hidn="te" focable="false" role="img" class="wpds-c-flXMzX wpds-c-flXMzX-icMNMiQ-css "><path d="M8 14a1.309 1.309 0 0 1-.948-.392L2.393 8.95a1.34 1.34 0 0 1 0-1.897l4.659-4.659a1.34 1.34 0 0 1 1.896 0l4.659 4.66a1.34 1.34 0 0 1 0 1.896l-4.659 4.66c-.25.253-.592.395-.948.39Z"></path></svg></div><a href="/polics/2022/07/19/hoe-gay-marriage-protectns/#lk-ED4VMQZS4JFK5ETPGX4EGPT4XQ" data-qa="luf-key-updat-em"><span class="wpds-c-iBaKnI">The latt: More than 150 Republins vote agast marriage equaly bill</span></a></div></li><li class="wpds-c-iOwvna"><div class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-cQNKxr-hasOneUpdate-false wpds-c-PJLV-ijfBLwc-css"></div><div class="wpds-c-hgrCLG wpds-c-hgrCLG-ikxYKtF-css"><div data-ttid="bullet-in" class="wpds-c-ieIwuP"><svg xmlns=" fill="var(--wpds-lors-red100)" viewBox="0 0 16 16" aria-hidn="te" focable="false" role="img" class="wpds-c-flXMzX wpds-c-flXMzX-icMNMiQ-css "><path d="M8 14a1.309 1.309 0 0 1-.948-.392L2.393 8.95a1.34 1.34 0 0 1 0-1.897l4.659-4.659a1.34 1.34 0 0 1 1.896 0l4.659 4.66a1.34 1.34 0 0 1 0 1.896l-4.659 4.66c-.25.253-.592.395-.948.39Z"></path></svg></div><a href="/polics/2022/07/19/hoe-gay-marriage-protectns/#lk-WJUQBJ6TK5CMFHLUQRHTVIWP7E" data-qa="luf-key-updat-em"><span class="wpds-c-iBaKnI">This jt : Senate vot to nfirm Michelle Childs to D.C. 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