Ugandan police arrted 44 people durg a party to celebrate the engagement of a gay uple held at an LGBT shelter Kampala late May, claimg that they had tervened over health and safety vlatns.…
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UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY LAW: HOW RTRICTED ARE LGBTQ RIGHTS AI?
Days after Uganda's parliament orred an vtigatn last month to the alleged promotn of homosexualy schools, a vio appeared onle intifyg Kampala rint Eric Ndawula as gay. * lgbt schools in uganda *
KAMPALA, March 3 (Rters) - Days after Uganda's parliament orred an vtigatn last month to the alleged promotn of homosexualy schools, a vio appeared onle intifyg Kampala rint Eric Ndawula as gay.
The landlord then issued him a notice of evictn, sayg the buildg uld not acmodate a gay person.
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"I am now a threat to the children around bee I am gog to rec them to homosexualy, " Ndawula told Rters experience is one example of a wave of discrimatn and vlence agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr dividuals sce parliament announced s vtigatn, activists backlash has worsened the LGBT muny's already prer stat Uganda, where same-sex relatns are punishable by up to life prison.
"Abigaba said the vtigatn was need bee children were beg troduced to homosexualy schools through recment and readg materials. Already, the vrlic language employed by officials to jtify the vtigatn - as well as recent anti-gay ments by Print Yoweri Meveni and the head of Uganda's Anglin Church - have had far-reachg nsequenc, activists said. On Tuday, MP Asuman Basalirwa was given leave of parliament to prepare a new anti-LGBT law that he told Rters would crimalise a range of activi, cludg "aidg, abettg, promotg, recment (of people) to" provisns would make siar to an anti-gay law Uganda passed 2013.