Kenya is set to troduce an anti-homosexualy law siar to the anti-gay legislatn passed by Uganda earlier this year.
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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
* 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.
FLORIDA PASS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
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. ” 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.
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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.