As the sl tip on gay marriage the U.S., brewg cultural and polil ndns breeds a proxy war of LGBT rights Ai.
Contents:
- UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY LAW: HOW RTRICTED ARE LGBTQ RIGHTS AI?
- UGANDA PASSED ONE OF THE WORLD’S HARSHT ANTI-GAY LAWS. LGBTQ PEOPLE SCRIBE LIVG THERE AS ‘HELL’
- WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY LAW: HOW RTRICTED ARE LGBTQ RIGHTS AI?
Recent urt and polil victori have given the LGBT rights movement unexpected momentum the Uned Stat, but the picture is not so bright other plac the world – namely sub-Saharan Ai, where untri like Nigeria, the Gambia and Uganda have passed laws crackg down on their gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr populatns. A broang movement to crimalize homosexual behavr, fueled by elements trsic to the regn as well as by the enuragement of some anti-LGBT activists om the U. In plac like Ghana, Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria, more than four-fifths of the populatn believ homosexualy is morally unacceptable.
Wh pollg like that, and generally bleak enomic news, ’s no wonr policians such as Nigerian Print Goodluck Jonathan and Ugandan Print Yoweri Meveni have jumped on anti-gay legislatn to boost their electn prospects.
UGANDA PASSED ONE OF THE WORLD’S HARSHT ANTI-GAY LAWS. LGBTQ PEOPLE SCRIBE LIVG THERE AS ‘HELL’
Chad is the latt untry to nsir creasg penalti on LGBT people, wh reports of a bill troduced last month that would crimalize homosexualy. In January, Nigeria’s Jonathan signed to law a measure that punish same-sex unns wh 14-year prison sentenc and 10-year terms for those guilty of “promotg” homosexualy; wh days, dozens of people across the untry were arrted, some charged urt wh belongg to a gay anizatn. And the crackdown has ntued months sce; March four Nigerian men were whipped publicly after havg been nvicted of havg gay sex.
WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
In Febary Uganda’s Meveni, the face of formidable polil opposn his upg electn, signed a law that levi heavy punishments for same-sex activy, cludg a lifetime prison for “aggravated homosexualy, " meang homosexual relatns wh a mor, a disabled person or someone fected wh HIV.
(The origal 2009 bill punished “aggravated homosexualy” wh ath, a provisn later dropped. Fund HIV rearch program was raid by Ugandan officials unr spicns that was "trag youths homosexualy.