Uganda's parliament passed a bill on Tuday makg a crime to intify as LGBTQ, handg thori broad powers to target gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimatn and mob vlence.
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- UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY LAW: HOW RTRICTED ARE LGBTQ RIGHTS AI?
- NAMIBIAN PARLIAMENT APPROV ANTI-GAY LAW SPE URT LG
- HOMOSEXUALY: THE UNTRI WHERE IS ILLEGAL TO BE GAY
UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY LAW: HOW RTRICTED ARE LGBTQ RIGHTS AI?
Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry. * is gay marriage legal in africa *
Across much of Ai, gay people face discrimatn, persecutn, and potentially even ath. The Wt Ain untry of Ghana has been crackg down on exprsns of homosexualy recently. In Nigeria, there is a 14-year jail term for anyone ught homosexual activy.
Ghana’s speaker of parliament has threatened to leave his office if gay rights are promoted. Even the print has weighed , statg that his ernment will never legalise homosexualy.
NAMIBIAN PARLIAMENT APPROV ANTI-GAY LAW SPE URT LG
On the back of Ghana’s posn of makg love a crime we take a look at untri where homosexual activi are legal, and if such referendum should be held LGBT mpaigners are most likely to w. In Rwanda, homosexual activi have been ma legal sce 1980. Cape Ver is only the untry that has a law protectg discrimatn agast homosexual Ai.
HOMOSEXUALY: THE UNTRI WHERE IS ILLEGAL TO BE GAY
All homosexual activi and their rights have been legal the untry sce 2004. Equatorial Guea has one of the olst laws legalisg homosexual acts Ai. However, there is no law-based protectn for homosexuals the untry.
The island natn of Sao Tome and Prcipe has legalized homosexual acts sce 2012. In the Southern Ain untry, beg a homosexual is not a crime, but the unn between practisg partners has not been legalized by the law while is however silent on . For South Ai, female engagements homosexual acts have always been legal and supported by law the untry.