Uganda lawmakers amend ntroversial anti-gay law but ath penalty remas | CNN

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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

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.

FLORIDA PASS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

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. ” 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.

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)

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. Homosexualy is a human wrong that needs to be tackled through a piece of legislatn, ” he add.