In another blow to lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) rights Hungary, on July 13, the Hungarian ernment proposed a bill that exclus transgenr women om a women-only pensn scheme. The bill is expected to go to parliament September.
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- UGANDA LAWMAKERS AMEND NTROVERSIAL ANTI-GAY LAW BUT ATH PENALTY FOR HIV POSIVE SEX REMAS
- FLORIDA PASS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
- WHY FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY’ BILL IS JT THE TIP OF THE ICEBERGSELF.__WRAP_B=(T,N,E)=>{E=E||DOCUMENT.QUERYSELECTOR(`[DATA-BR="${T}"]`);LET S=E.PARENTELEMENT,R=R=>"PX";"";LET O=S.CLIENTWIDTH,I=S.CLIENTHEIGHT,C=O/2-.25,L=O+.5,U;IF(O){FOR(;C+1{SELF.__WRAP_B(0,,E)})).OBSERVE(S)};SELF.__WRAP_B(":RHA6:",1)
UGANDA LAWMAKERS AMEND NTROVERSIAL ANTI-GAY LAW BUT ATH PENALTY FOR HIV POSIVE SEX REMAS
Kenya is set to troduce an anti-homosexualy law siar to the anti-gay legislatn passed by Uganda earlier this year. * homosexuality bill 2023 *
The Tennsee legislature has been particularly hostile to lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) young people. COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE & AGATHER ATUHAIRE | On Tuday, March 21, Uganda’s Parliament, for the send time ne years, passed a law that crimaliz homosexualy Uganda. MP Asuman Basalirwa, (JEEMA, Bugiri Municipaly) who had moved the private member’s bill, first tabled the Anti-Homosexualy Bill, 2023, for s first readg on March 9, 2023, before Speaker Among referred to the mtee for scty.
Should Print Yoweri Meveni sign to law, will prohib and penaliz homosexualy and s related practic. Unr the new legislatn, anyone who engag same-sex activy or intifi as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or queer (LBGTQ) uld face up to 10 years of imprisonment.
It also crimaliz what lls the “promotn” of homosexualy and “abettg” and “nspirg” to engage same-sex relatns. In addn, a person who is nvicted of groomg or traffickg children for purpos of engagg them homosexual activi fac life prison while dividuals or stutns which support or fund LGBTQ rights activi or anizatns or publish, broadst and distribute pro-gay media material and lerature, also face prosecutn and imprisonment. In this regard, media, journalists and publishers face prosecutn and imprisonment for publishg, broadstg or distributg any ntent that advot for gay rights or “promote homosexualy.
FLORIDA PASS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
” This clus sexual abe agast a child, a person wh disabily or vulnerable people or s where a victim of homosexual asslt is fected wh a lifelong illns. Property owners, too, face the risk of beg jailed if their premis are ed as a “brothel” for homosexual acts or any other sexual mori’ rights activy.
It drew ternatnal outrage for ially proposg to punish homosexualy wh the ath penalty. The re-troductn of the Anti-Homosexualy Bill follows months of hostile rhetoric agast sexual and genr mori by public figur Uganda, as well as ernment crackdowns on LGBTQ-rights groups and other human rights groups, ernment crics, and civil society. In January, this year, a draft report by the bure intified 26 nonernmental anizatns, cludg SMUG, that acced of “promotg homosexualy” and lurg schoolchildren to homosexualy through “forced recment.
Francis Takirwa who is the puty manr of Land Forc ed the handover of a renovated muny health facily and lled for the excln of gay people om receivg health servic, sayg, “Don’t e our health facili to treat homosexuals. 28 when MP Basalirwa was granted leave to troduce a private member’s Bill—the Anti-Homosexualy Bill, 2023. While movg the motn Parliament, Basalirwa observed that Parliament had an opportuny to rrect the pass the Anti-Homosexualy Act, 2014 on Dec.
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Homosexualy is a human wrong that needs to be tackled through a piece of legislatn, ” he add. Laroo-Pece Divisn) ced Visn 2040, Uganda’s velopment blueprt that has a goal to ensure Uganda has a healthy and productive populatn, which is now seen to be at risk of homosexualy. “The promotn of homosexualy is not legislatn and therefore, we mt make an offence for those who are promotg among our children schools, ” she said.
“All tak is a whispered accatn om a polil rival to claim that you are “gay” or that you “promote” homosexualy. The Anti-homosexualy Bill is the perfect tool to end the polil reer of anyone of you, whether or not you are LGBTQ+. But the proponents of the law and the mtee of parliament handlg the proposed law sisted the law is necsary and that there was need to enact a stand-alone law on homosexualy “bee homosexualy is a unique offence which needs a specific law.
“Whereas homosexualy as an offence already exists the law book unr the Penal Co Act, there is a need to refe the law, emphasizg the new and emergg matters which are not ntaed the Penal Co Act such as promotn of homosexualy and the recment of children to homosexualy which have been blamed for the risg cints of homosexualy Uganda, ” the mtee said the report.