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GAY REFUGEE MA TO FEEL ‘UNWANTED AND UNWELE’ THE UK: ‘WE DON’T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO GO’
When Mary fled Uganda bee of homophobic persecutn, she uld never have imaged the hostily she would face as a refugee the UK. Her own mother had threatened to turn her to the police for beg gay after her she found texts she had sent to her girliend. “She didn’t want to be disgraced by a gay child, ” Mary, whose name has been changed to protect her inty, tells PkNews.
“Beg gay is totally forbidn. If had e out to everyone that I was gay, would have been a big shame to my mother. Enomic Freedom Fighters supporters monstrate outsi the Uganda High Commissn durg a picket their agast the untry’s anti-homosexualy bill.
Policians have repeatedly tried to strengthen s anti-gay laws to stamp out homosexualy the untry – March, the parliament voted for a bill that would make simply beg LGBTQ+ a crime punishable by imprisonment. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Acquire Licensg RightsLONDON, July 19 (Rters) - Brish Prime Mister Rishi Sunak apologised on Wednday to LGBT ary veterans who endured sexual abe, vlence, bullyg and harassment while servg the armed forc before a ban on homosexualy was lifted 2000. Bra lifted the ban only after the European Court of Human Rights rejected an argument that was need to protect morale and fightg power amongst s troops, sayg the policy had vlated human to that, many gay people had sought to hi their sexualy or risk beg discharged om the armed pennt review was lnched last year to exame the ttimoni of LGBT veterans who served between 1967 and 2000 to regnise the impact of the polici.