Today In Gay History: Uganda's Bisexual Kg Mwanga II Tak The Throne

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• YAS, QUEENS (AND KGS)! HISTORY’S MOST SNDALO QUEER ROYALS: MWANGA IITHE 19TH-CENTURY AIN KG ALLEGEDLY KILLED 45 YOUNG MEN FOR REFG TO HAVE SEX WH HIM—BUT THE ACTUAL STORY IS FAR MORE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CULTUREBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEOCTOBER 21, 2019/3:23 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2300PX;WIDTH:1800PX;}PUBLIC DOMA/WIKIMEDIA COMMONSBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEOCTOBER 21, 2019 / 3:23 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"YAS, QUEENS (AND KGS)! HISTORY’S MOST SNDALO QUEER ROYALS: MWANGA II","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-21T19:23:22.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-21T19:23:22.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"YAS, QUEENS (AND KGS)! HISTORY’S MOST SNDALO QUEER ROYALS" IS A WEEKLONG SERI CELEBRATN OF LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH CHRONICLG BOTH QUEER ERASURE AND MONARCHAL SHENANIGANS OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEGEND HAS THAT MWANGA II, THE 31ST KABAKA, OR KG, OF BUGANDA WHAT IS NOW MORN-DAY UGANDA, SENTENCED SOME 30 TO 45 MEN TO ATH HIS URT THE 1880S FOR REFG HIS SEXUAL ADVANC. THOSE MEN WERE BEATIFIED 1920, THEN NONIZED 1964, AND EVERY JUNE 3, CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD MEMORATE THEIR SACRIFICE FOR MARTYRS' DAY. MWANGA, ON THE OTHER HAND, WAS VILIFIED AS A HOMOSEXUAL RAPIST, AND HOMOSEXUALY TURN BEME NOT ONLY A S BUT A CRIME PUNISHABLE BY ATH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EFFECTS OF MWANGA'S ALLEGED DISCRETNS N STILL BE SEEN UGANDA, WHERE PRINT MEVENI RECENTLY NIED MORS OF A RENEWED EFFORT TO PASS A "KILL THE GAYS" BILL. MEVENI HIMSELF HAS REFERRED TO THE DISGRACED KABAKA WHILE NOUNCG HOMOSEXUALY AS A FOREIGN NCEPT. "I HEAR THERE WAS HOMOSEXUALY MWANGA’S PALACE," MEVENI SAID 2010. "THIS WAS NOT PART OF OUR CULTURE. I HEAR HE LEARNT OM THE ARABS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE TTH IS, AS OFTEN IS HISTORY, FAR MORE PLITED THAN THAT. FIRST, HOMOSEXUALY IS PART OF EVERY CULTURE. ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE, REGARDLS OF WHAT THE LAW HAS TO SAY ABOUT . MWANGA DIDN'T "LEARN" HOMOSEXUALY OM THE ARABS—HIS FATHER, MUTEA I, HAD CRACKED DOWN ON MLIM FLUENCE THE KGDOM BEFORE THE 16-YEAR-OLD MWANGA TOOK THE THRONE AFTER HIS FATHER'S UNEXPECTED ATH 1884.UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGMUTEA I MAABYA WALUGEMBE KAYIIRA AND HIS CHIEFS. KABAKA OF THE KGDOM OF BUGANDA, FROM 1856 UNTIL 1884. FROM THE WORLD'S INHABANTS BY G.T. BETTANY PUBLISHED 1888. (PHOTO BY: UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUTEA I WH HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUTEA, A SHREWD POLICIAN AND AN ORNERY SONUVABCH, SPOTTED THE GROWG FLUENCE OF EUROPEAN POWERS, ISLAM, AND CHRISTIANY—BOTH NEIGHBORG KGDOMS AND WH BUGANDA'S BORRS. SO AN EFFORT TO TER THE SPREAD OF ISLAM, HE HAD 70 MLIM NVERTS HIS URT EXECUTED. BUT HE ALSO VED CHRISTIAN MISSNARI TO BUGANDA TO FORCE OUTSIR RELIGNS TO PETE AND KEEP EACH OTHER CHECK. IT'S LLED PROMISG, BUT THAT PLAN WENT FLYG OUT THE WDOW WHEN MUTEA SUDNLY GOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO THE EUROPEAN MISSNARI, MUTEA WAS BEG PUNISHED FOR HIS OWN LOVE OF SWEET, SWEET SODOMY. BEE, YOU SEE, THAT WAS AT THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL FOR 19TH-CENTURY WHE CHRISTIANS. AFTER ALL, BUGGERY, A.K.A. BUTT SEX, WAS A PAL OFFENSE ENGLAND OM 1523 TO 1861. THAT'S MORE THAN 300 YEARS DURG WHICH YOU ULD DIE FOR SOMETHG THAT LIKE A THIRD OF STRAIGHT MEN HAVE TRIED THEIR LIFETIME. ENGLAND EXPORTED THE BUGGERY LAWS TO ALL S LONI, WHICH IS WHY HOMOPHOBIA IS RAMPANT SO MUCH OF AI AND THE CARIBBEAN. AND 'S ALSO WHY WHEN MUTEA'S HEIR, MWANGA, CID TO PLAY TOUGH WH CHRISTIAN MISSNARI, THEY CID TO PAT HIM AS A RAGG SODOME—"THEY" PRIMARILY BEG STTISH PRBYTERIAN MISSNARY ALEXANR MACKAY.PUBLIC DOMA/WIKIMEDIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KABAKA MWANGA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MACKAY HAD BEEN IENDS WH MUTEA, WHO HAD WELED MISSNARI TO HIS KGDOM SO HE ULD BASILLY KEEP AN EYE ON THEM, BUT HE WAS MET WH A CHILLIER RECEPTN OM THE 16-YEAR-OLD BOY KG. IN A LETTER WRTEN 1884, MACKAY ACCED THE NEWLY CROWNED KABAKA OF BEG ADDICTED TO MARIJUANA AND VORTG WH ARABS. (I MEAN, SAAAAAAAME.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MACKAY ALSO WROTE FAVORABLY OF A YOUNG MAN THE KG'S URT WHO REFED MWANGA'S ADVANC, LLG HIS "AN ACT OF SPLENDID DISOBEDIENCE AND BRAVE RISTANCE TO THIS NEGRO NERO'S ORRS" AND SAYG HE "ABSOLUTELY REFED TO BE MA THE VICTIM OF AN UNMENTNABLE ABOMATN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MWANGA WAS NO FAN OF MACKAY EHER. IN JANUARY 1885, HE HAD ALL MALE FOREIGN SYMPATHIZERS BUGANDA ARRTED, CLUDG FIVE BOYS MACKAY'S SERVICE. ONE WAS RELEASED, BUT THE OTHER FOUR WERE KILLED. THEN THGS TOOK A REAL TURN OCTOBER OF 1885, WHEN MWANGA HAD STTISH BISHOP JAM HARRGTON EXECUTED UPON CROSSG OVER TO BUGANDA. THE WHOLE ATTACK MAY HAVE BEEN A MISUNRSTANDG, BUT NEVERTHELS GALVANIZED SUPPORT AGAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BETWEEN 1886 AND 1887, MWANGA HAD 30 TO 45 MEN KILLED WHOM HE BELIEVED WERE NSPIRG WH THE EUROPEAN MISSNARI—NOT FOR LEFT-SWIPG HIM THE SHEETS. TURNS OUT, HIS SPICN WAS RRECT: IN 1888, CHRISTIANS AND MLIMS MANAGED TO PUT THEIR DIFFERENC ASI, BAND TOGETHER, AND REMOVED MWANGA OM THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE YOUNG MONARCH WOULD MAKE A AL WH THE PROTTANT CHRISTIANS TO BEE THE KABAKA AGA 1892, BUT WH HIS POWER SEVERELY DIMISHED, HE REALIZED HE HAD TO GET RID OF THE LONIZERS. HE STARTED BUILDG A REBEL ARMY SECRET, AND 1897, MWANGA WAGED A WAR AGAST THE BRISH. HE LOST, AND AFTER SOME MORE ATTEMPTS AT REBELLN, MWANGA WAS ULTIMATELY EXILED TO THE BRISH-HELD SEYCHELL ISLANDS 1899, WHERE HE DIED FOUR YEARS LATER AT AGE 35.ERNT GEDGE/ROYAL GEOGRAPHIL SOCIETY VIA GETTY IMAGMWANGA AND CHIEFS OUTSI THE BARAZA, MENGO, UGANDA, UGANDA. (PHOTO BY ERNT GEDGE /ROYAL GEOGRAPHIL SOCIETY VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MWANGA II (CENTER) AND HIS CHIEFS, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MWANGA AND BUGANDA REPRENTED ONE OF THE LAST OPPOSNS TO WHE LE OF THE AIN NTENT. BUT WHAT THANKS DO THE KABAKA GET? HE'S MA TO A BIG OLD GAY MONSTER BEE, AS WE'VE LEARNED, HISTORY IS ALWAYS WRTEN BY THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TTH IS, MWANGA II WAS PROBABLY BISEXUAL—HE HAD 16 WIV, BUT HOMOSEXUALY WASN'T A BIG AL UNTIL CHRISTIAN MISSNARI MA ONE—BUT HE DIDN'T MURR NOCENT BOYS FOR REFG TO SHARE HIS ROYAL BED. RATHER, HE WAS TRYG TO PROTECT HIS KGDOM AND HIS PEOPLE OM BEG NQUERED BY THE WHE MAN. TH, HE SHOULDN'T BE REMEMBERED AS A GAY SUPERVILLA BUT STEAD AS A QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOMOSEXUALY ISN'T THE ENEMY—LOOKG AT YOU, UGANDA. IMPERIALISM, HOWEVER? WELL, THAT'S A DIFFERENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOURC:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM MWANGA TO MEVENI: SEX, POLICS, AND RELIGN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MWANGA II BASAMMULA EKKERE: THE KG OF BUGANDA’S DISTORTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}LGBTQ HISTORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• GAY UGANDAN KG PROV THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS AIN
• THE GAY KG OF THE BUGANDA
• KABAKA ( KG) MWANGA II OF BUGANDA – GAY, BISEXUAL, QUEER OR JT A FAKE NARRATIVE?
• UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
• KG MWANGA II OF BUGANDA, THE 19TH CENTURY UGANDA KG WHO WAS GAY
• KG MWANGA II OF BUGANDA, THE 19TH CENTURY UGANDAN KG WHO WAS GAY
• THE GAY KG WHO LED AI BEFORE THE BRISH VASN
• NO, UGANDA IS NOT MAKG ILLEGAL TO BE GAY (AGA)
• UGANDA ANTI-GAY LAW ALLOWS LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR BEG GAY
• WATCH VIRAL FOOTAGE OF KG VON ADMTG TO BEG GAY TO THE POLICE
• [WATCH] UNSEEN FOOTAGE OF KG VON CLAIMG HE’S GAY TO BE PLACED PRISON PROTECTIVE CTODY

YAS, QUEENS (AND KGS)! HISTORY’S MOST SNDALO QUEER ROYALS: MWANGA IITHE 19TH-CENTURY AIN KG ALLEGEDLY KILLED 45 YOUNG MEN FOR REFG TO HAVE SEX WH HIM—BUT THE ACTUAL STORY IS FAR MORE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CULTUREBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEOCTOBER 21, 2019/3:23 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2300PX;WIDTH:1800PX;}PUBLIC DOMA/WIKIMEDIA COMMONSBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEOCTOBER 21, 2019 / 3:23 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"YAS, QUEENS (AND KGS)! HISTORY’S MOST SNDALO QUEER ROYALS: MWANGA II","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-21T19:23:22.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-21T19:23:22.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"YAS, QUEENS (AND KGS)! HISTORY’S MOST SNDALO QUEER ROYALS" IS A WEEKLONG SERI CELEBRATN OF LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH CHRONICLG BOTH QUEER ERASURE AND MONARCHAL SHENANIGANS OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEGEND HAS THAT MWANGA II, THE 31ST KABAKA, OR KG, OF BUGANDA WHAT IS NOW MORN-DAY UGANDA, SENTENCED SOME 30 TO 45 MEN TO ATH HIS URT THE 1880S FOR REFG HIS SEXUAL ADVANC. THOSE MEN WERE BEATIFIED 1920, THEN NONIZED 1964, AND EVERY JUNE 3, CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD MEMORATE THEIR SACRIFICE FOR MARTYRS' DAY. MWANGA, ON THE OTHER HAND, WAS VILIFIED AS A HOMOSEXUAL RAPIST, AND HOMOSEXUALY TURN BEME NOT ONLY A S BUT A CRIME PUNISHABLE BY ATH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EFFECTS OF MWANGA'S ALLEGED DISCRETNS N STILL BE SEEN UGANDA, WHERE PRINT MEVENI RECENTLY NIED MORS OF A RENEWED EFFORT TO PASS A "KILL THE GAYS" BILL. MEVENI HIMSELF HAS REFERRED TO THE DISGRACED KABAKA WHILE NOUNCG HOMOSEXUALY AS A FOREIGN NCEPT. "I HEAR THERE WAS HOMOSEXUALY MWANGA’S PALACE," MEVENI SAID 2010. "THIS WAS NOT PART OF OUR CULTURE. I HEAR HE LEARNT OM THE ARABS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE TTH IS, AS OFTEN IS HISTORY, FAR MORE PLITED THAN THAT. FIRST, HOMOSEXUALY IS PART OF EVERY CULTURE. ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE, REGARDLS OF WHAT THE LAW HAS TO SAY ABOUT . MWANGA DIDN'T "LEARN" HOMOSEXUALY OM THE ARABS—HIS FATHER, MUTEA I, HAD CRACKED DOWN ON MLIM FLUENCE THE KGDOM BEFORE THE 16-YEAR-OLD MWANGA TOOK THE THRONE AFTER HIS FATHER'S UNEXPECTED ATH 1884.UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGMUTEA I MAABYA WALUGEMBE KAYIIRA AND HIS CHIEFS. KABAKA OF THE KGDOM OF BUGANDA, FROM 1856 UNTIL 1884. FROM THE WORLD'S INHABANTS BY G.T. BETTANY PUBLISHED 1888. (PHOTO BY: UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUTEA I WH HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUTEA, A SHREWD POLICIAN AND AN ORNERY SONUVABCH, SPOTTED THE GROWG FLUENCE OF EUROPEAN POWERS, ISLAM, AND CHRISTIANY—BOTH NEIGHBORG KGDOMS AND WH BUGANDA'S BORRS. SO AN EFFORT TO TER THE SPREAD OF ISLAM, HE HAD 70 MLIM NVERTS HIS URT EXECUTED. BUT HE ALSO VED CHRISTIAN MISSNARI TO BUGANDA TO FORCE OUTSIR RELIGNS TO PETE AND KEEP EACH OTHER CHECK. 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HE LOST, AND AFTER SOME MORE ATTEMPTS AT REBELLN, MWANGA WAS ULTIMATELY EXILED TO THE BRISH-HELD SEYCHELL ISLANDS 1899, WHERE HE DIED FOUR YEARS LATER AT AGE 35.ERNT GEDGE/ROYAL GEOGRAPHIL SOCIETY VIA GETTY IMAGMWANGA AND CHIEFS OUTSI THE BARAZA, MENGO, UGANDA, UGANDA. (PHOTO BY ERNT GEDGE /ROYAL GEOGRAPHIL SOCIETY VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MWANGA II (CENTER) AND HIS CHIEFS, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MWANGA AND BUGANDA REPRENTED ONE OF THE LAST OPPOSNS TO WHE LE OF THE AIN NTENT. BUT WHAT THANKS DO THE KABAKA GET? 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The untry is famo for s treatment of the LGBT muny as homosexualy is seen as a 'wtern practice' and is highly unaccepted. Related | Uganda Official Orrs Pri March Organizers to Cancel ParaWhat many don't know is that the overtly homophobic natn once held a bisexual the age of 16 on October 18, 1884, Mwanga II Basammula Ekkere beme kg the kg of Uganda.

GAY UGANDAN KG PROV THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS AIN

Mwanga, on the other hand, was vilified as a homosexual rapist, and homosexualy turn beme not only a s but a crime punishable by ath the effects of Mwanga's alleged discretns n still be seen Uganda, where Print Meveni recently nied mors of a renewed effort to pass a "Kill the Gays" bill.

Meveni himself has referred to the disgraced kabaka while nouncg homosexualy as a foreign ncept. Mwanga didn't "learn" homosexualy om the Arabs—his father, Mutea I, had cracked down on Mlim fluence the kgdom before the 16-year-old Mwanga took the throne after his father's unexpected ath 1884. England exported the buggery laws to all s loni, which is why homophobia is rampant so much of Ai and the Caribbean.

He's ma to a big old gay monster bee, as we've learned, history is always wrten by the tth is, Mwanga II was probably bisexual—he had 16 wiv, but homosexualy wasn't a big al until Christian missnari ma one—but he didn't murr nocent boys for refg to share his royal bed. As Uganda ntu to be a cspool of homosexual hatred and ignorance, remember every current suatn has a begng. They’re not aware of the bisexualy and homosexualy that has existed there for thoands of years wh no impact on populatn growth.

THE GAY KG OF THE BUGANDA

Many Ains view homosexualy as a “Wtern” or “European” import that is attemptg to pollute their pure way of life. As stated earlier, many Ugandans today have a stance that homosexualy is a “Wtern” or “European” viant behavr imported to Ai. In 2012, over 1, 300 people gathered at Makerere Universy Kampala, Uganda to hear Amerin Evangelil hate Pastor Lou Engle preach at a rally and prayer service agast “homosexualy, wchcraft, and rptn.

” Engle’s volvement anizg the anti-gay rally, add fuel to the fire wh his vlent rhetoric wh an already tolerant untry. Engle has preached that homosexualy is a “spir of lawlsns” and lled for “martyrs” to bee “God’s Avengers of Blood” to stop the “homosexual agenda” at all st. After many viss om Amerin Evangelil anizatns and the gatherg at Makerere Universy Kampala is when Uganda policians beg to heavily ph their anti-homosexual legislatn.

KABAKA ( KG) MWANGA II OF BUGANDA – GAY, BISEXUAL, QUEER OR JT A FAKE NARRATIVE?

Is the import of Christiany the real reason some Ugandans went om simply not ndong homosexualy to wantg to murr homosexuals or feelg all homosexuals need to be jailed and extermated? What if the thoands that attend Pastor Engle’s anti-gay sermons would stead take a trip to Zimbabwe where they uld vis the ancient rock patgs of the San Bhman people that date back to over 8000 years, which pict male to male sexual acts. What if Uganda the polil foc uld be place more on healthre, tn, jobs, and the enomy stead of obssg over homosexualy?

UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS

Kg Mwanga II was wily reported to engage homosexual relatns before the Brish vasn. Ugandan Kg Mwanga II was wily reported to have engaged sexual relatns wh his male subjects, acrdg to the report by NGO Sexual Mori Uganda (SMUG) "Expand Crimalisatn of Homosexualy Uganda: A Flawed Narrative".

Ugandan martyrs were burnt to ath between 1885 and 1887 on the orrs of Mwanga II, for nyg him gay sex when they nverted to SMUG's report is a rponse to the anti-gay bill proposal passed Ugandan parliament 2009, and is aimed to prove that same sex relatnships existed throughout Ai, cludg the terrori that now form Uganda, before the lonisatn.

Acrdg to the report, a monly ced reason for matag, or expandg, crimalisatn of homosexualy nowadays, is that homosexualy is "un-Ain" or, other words, a foreign rearch, however, showed that throughout Ai's history homosexualy has been a "nsistent and logil feature of Ain societi and belief systems", and that Uganda's laws crimalisg homosexualy origat entirely om legislatns troduced by the Brish lonial admistratn 1902 and 1950.

KG MWANGA II OF BUGANDA, THE 19TH CENTURY UGANDA KG WHO WAS GAY

"This was not only an attempt to modify what the lonialists saw as unacceptable behavur the 'native' populatns, but to stop 'moral fectn' of lonialists themselv om the 'native' environment, " the report historil evinc support the theory that homosexualy existed before the lonisatn and is not a foreign phenomenon. It was homophobia, not homosexualy that was troduced wh the Brish report warned also agast the crimalisatn of same-­‐sex sexual nduct as a nsequence of creasg risks of HIV fectn, not jt among homosexuals, but the wir society. Raymond Byahanga, a doctor who ns the AIDS Informatn Centre Kampala, said that a general climate of reprsn agast homosexuals is among several reasons that HIV rat Uganda are risg aga for the first time two s.

Uganda's Print Yoweri Meveni said that life imprisonment is not the right way to "rcue" homosexuals om their "abnormaly".

Uganda's Print Yoweri Meveni recently rejected the anti-gay rejectn of the law, however, did not mean a reversal ncerng gay rights. Meveni said that there are other ways to "rcue" people om their "abnormaly", and life imprisonment is not the right means that Ugandan gays will still be persecuted and treated as activist David Kato was btally murred 2011 after Ugandan weekly Rollg Stone pictured his face and that of another man on s ver unr the headle "Hang them!

KG MWANGA II OF BUGANDA, THE 19TH CENTURY UGANDAN KG WHO WAS GAY

" The subhead read: "We shall rec 100, 000 nocent kids by 2012: Homos" and "Parents now face heart-breaks as homos raid schools. But while the Netherlands, which 2001 beme the first untry to legalize gay marriage, has paved the wave for a queer royal to officially wear the crown, LGBTQ people have long been dog so unofficially. The liph’s sexualy has been the source of some bate: Acrdg to the French medievalist Évariste Lévi-Provençal, the phrase “hubb al-walad, ” found 16th-century historian Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari’s pendium "Nafh at-Tib" reference to Al-Hakam II, translat as a “preference for boys, ” though other scholars mata refers to paternal Medieval Europe scholar Francis Prado-Vilar wrote that knowledge of Al-Hakam’s homosexualy the urt of Córdoba “enuraged the ambns of the factns gathered around his much younger brother, Prce al-Mughira.

”“In his youth his lov seem to have been entirely homosexual, ” queer studi scholar Louis Crompton wrote “Male Love and Islamic Law Arab Spa.

THE GAY KG WHO LED AI BEFORE THE BRISH VASN

)“To the shock of many urtiers, the pair were monstratively affectnate to each other public, spe Jam’ var proclamatns agast homosexualy, ” Daniel Smh wrote “Love Letters of Kgs and Queens. Frerick the Great of Pssia (1712 - 1786)Even his lifetime, this Pssian royal was wily mored to be a homosexual, though that term wouldn’t be ed till nearly 90 years after his years after the kg’s ath, his physician Johann Ge Rter von Zimmermann published a book which he sperately tried to dispel gossip Frerick had a “Grecian taste love.

And rather than let that secret out, Frerick pretend to be gay, “so that he would ntue to appear virile and pable of sexual terurse, albe wh men.

NO, UGANDA IS NOT MAKG ILLEGAL TO BE GAY (AGA)

But he did ltle to obscure his sexualy: Sanssouci, his palace Potsdam, was filled wh homoerotic art and, across Europe, “l Potsdamists” beme slang for kg allegedly pursued the Veian philosopher Franc Algarotti and even famed French philosopher Voltaire, who lived wh him at Sanssouci, though ’s not certa if eher relatnship was Voltaire’s ath 1778, a mancript of his memoir tailg Frerick’s homosexual tennci tail was stolen and published the Netherlands. ”The archde spent the rt of his life secln at Klsheim Palace near Salzburg, where he died at the age of 76 1919, three years after his brother’s ath and one year after the Atro-Hungarian Empire was dissolved after the end of World War II of Buganda (1868 - 1903)Discsn of Uganda’s treatment of homosexualy ually settl on Print Yoweri Meveni’s “Kill the Gays” bill, but this 19th century kabaka, or kg, of Buganda allegedly had sexual relatnships wh men along wh his 16 1886, Mwanga II orred the btal torture and aths of dozens of urtiers and pag, wh many burned alive. “I hear there was homosexualy Mwanga’s palace, ” Meveni told a crowd of thoands on Martyr Day 2010, the Atlantic reported.

History exalted them and vilified the serial rapist and homosexual that Mwanga beme, at least the rerds. Was HM Kg (Kabaka) Mwanga II of Buganda kgdom, Uganda gay, bisexual or jt a misleadg narrative? The latter reason has been a matter of bate of whether he was gay or bisexual sce there is no actual evince apart om acunts om whe Christiany lonials Buganda.

UGANDA ANTI-GAY LAW ALLOWS LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR BEG GAY

KAMPALA, Uganda — Members of Uganda’s LGBTQ muny are shock and fear beg arrted after Parliament passed a measure that would make a crime to intify as gay and impose tough sentenc that clu the ath penalty certa s, an activist said “Anti-Homosexualy Bill, 2023” was passed wh a near-unanimo majory by lawmakers  the east Ain untry, where anti-gay sentiment ns ep.

Ronald Kabuubi / APThe legislatn will next be sent to Print Yoweri Meveni, who has repeatedly nounced homosexualy, to be signed to Mugisha, one of a few Ugandans who live openly as gay, told Rters he was sred the measure would trigger “mass arrts of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer persons and mob vlence toward LGBTQ muni. There’s gog to be a lot of trma and s of mental health that will lead to a lot of suici, ” he relatns were already illegal Uganda, but supporters of the new law say is need to punish a broar array of LGBTQ activi, which they say threaten tradnal valu the nservative and relig East Ain measure clus steep sentenc that clu ath for “aggravated homosexualy” and life prison for same-sex relatns. Aggravated homosexualy volv same-sex relatns wh people unr age 18 or when the perpetrator is HIV-posive, among other tegori, acrdg to the legislatn.

Ai is largely tolerant of homosexualy so much so that 30 of the ntent’s 54 untri have crimalized the activy; 11 others have no law agast homosexualy but there is high tolerance. Many Ains and their ernments argue that homosexualy is a foreign import om the Wt, that is, the practice is “un-Ain”.

WATCH VIRAL FOOTAGE OF KG VON ADMTG TO BEG GAY TO THE POLICE

Yet, historians and LGBT activists say that homosexualy existed Ain societi and belief systems before Wtern lonizatn.

A report by the NGO Sexual Mori Uganda (SMUG) tled “Expand Crimalisatn of Homosexualy Uganda: A Flawed Narrative” reported how Ugandan martyrs were burnt to ath between 1885 and 1887 on the orrs. The SMUG’s report is a rponse to the anti-gay bill proposal passed Ugandan parliament 2009, and is aimed to prove that same sex relatnships existed throughout Ai, cludg the terrori that now form Uganda, before lonisatn.

[WATCH] UNSEEN FOOTAGE OF KG VON CLAIMG HE’S GAY TO BE PLACED PRISON PROTECTIVE CTODY

Seven years after an act of parliament ma homosexualy a crime punishable by ath, the anti-gay mpaigners of Uganda are at aga. Last month, the parliament of my untry once aga voted to make homosexualy a crimal offence, this time wh a 10-year prison sentence.