Uganda's LGBTQ muny is ' shock' over new measure, gay activist says

Contents:

• DON’T SAY GAY BILL BLOCKED FOR 2022
• ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL IS TRODUCED GEIA
• UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
• GEIA ERNOR VETO RELIG EEDOM BILL CRICIZED AS ANTI-GAY
• DISNEY THREATENS TO STOP FILMG GEIA IF ANTI-GAY BILL BE LAW

DON’T SAY GAY BILL BLOCKED FOR 2022

ATLANTA -- Geia lawmakers backed a bill on Tuday preventg bs om discrimatg based on race, natnaly, relign or sex, after Republins rejected Democrats' efforts to add gay and transgenr people to those protected by the change would tch Geia up to feral standards set by the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The ph has gay-rights advot Geia on guard; around 200 people held a rally opposg the measur Tuday outsi the state bills approved Tuday now go to the Hoe Rul mtee, which term the daily schle of bills receivg a full vote on the floor. The bills uld receive a vote as soon as Graham, executive director of the gay-rights advocy group Geia Equaly, said addg more protected groups to the civil rights bill would solve the broar disagreement between those seekg relig exemptns and the LGBT muny.

Bee SB 613, the #dontsaygay bill, was not voted on by the full Senate, is ad for the year! The Geia Senate has troduced a bill strikgly siar to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which was passed by the state Senate this week. FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY BILL’ HEADS TO DESANTIS’S DESK.

‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL IS TRODUCED GEIA

DISNEY CEO ADDRESSES SILENCE ON FLORIDA ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL. ” Geia’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, SB 613, died mtee earlier this year. Unfortunately, a bill troduced by Democrats to prohib the e of the gay and trans panic fens also died mtee.

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

This trend is exemplified by versns of the “Don’t Say Gay” and “Cril Race Theory” bills sweepg across nservative stat. Siar techniqu also proved succsful earlier this year by stoppg Geia’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which would have ntrolled and severely limed discsn of LGBTQ topics public schools.

” SB 88, a bill siar to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, stalled the Geia Senate, lowerg the odds that will bee law. The same day the Florida Legislature passed s ntroversial "don't say gay" bill, siar legislatn was filed the Geia State Assembly.

"No private or nonpublic school or program to which this chapter appli shall promote, pel, or enurage classroom discsn of sexual orientatn or genr inty primary gra levels or a manner that is not appropriate for the age and velopmental stage of the stunt, " the bill 's the language that appeared early drafts of Florida's "don't say gay" bill.

GEIA ERNOR VETO RELIG EEDOM BILL CRICIZED AS ANTI-GAY

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What is the Anti-Gay Bill Geia and why is so important / bad?

Image source, RtersImage ptn, Protters broke through a police rdon to stop the Pri eventUp to 2, 000 anti-LGBT protters stormed a gay pri ftival Geia's pal Tbilisi on Saturday, forcg s right-wg protters, who clud Orthodox Christian clergy, scuffled wh police, shed the stage and burned rabow anisers and Geia's print blamed anti-LGBT hate speech that preced the event, and said the police had failed to protect ftival-goers. Homophobia remas rife Geia. 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.

DISNEY THREATENS TO STOP FILMG GEIA IF ANTI-GAY BILL BE LAW

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. Passg the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu bill would further rce eedoms a untry where gay sex is already punishable wh up to three years jail, crics and activists Odoi, an amic rearcher, filed a lawsu on July 7 challengg the bill's nstutnaly, sayg would impact donor aid and other forms of fancial support.

Ghana's Supreme Court on Wednday led her arguments were not sufficiently nvcg to grant an lg cleared the way for the bill, one of the harsht towards the LGBTQ muny Ai, to go through a fal stage of parliamentary approval before beg signed to May, Uganda's Print Yoweri Meveni signed one of the world's tought anti-LGBTQ laws, which spelled out the ath penalty for "aggravated homosexualy"'s bill, backed by relig and tradnal lears, clus jail sentenc of up to 10 years for advotg for LGBTQ rights. Nathan Deal (R) on Monday vetoed a ntroversial relig liberti bill that had provoked outrage om Hollywood, sports leagu and rporatns for what crics said was s discrimatn agast gay and transgenr people.