It is val for South Ai to oppose Uganda’s dangero anti-gay bill | Human Rights Watch

Contents:

• UGANDA’S ANTI-GAY BILL IS THE LATT AND WORST TO TARGET LGBTQ AINS
• LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
• NAMIBIAN PARLIAMENT APPROV ANTI-GAY LAW SPE URT LG
• IT IS VAL FOR SOUTH AI TO OPPOSE UGANDA’S DANGERO ANTI-GAY BILL
• SOUTH AIN LGBTQ+ ACTIVISTS MARCH AGAST UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY LAW
• UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY LAW: HOW RTRICTED ARE LGBTQ RIGHTS AI?
• GAY AND LESBIAN HOTELS IN SOUTH AI

UGANDA’S ANTI-GAY BILL IS THE LATT AND WORST TO TARGET LGBTQ AINS

Uganda's Print Yoweri Meveni has signed one of the world's harsht anti-LGBTQ laws, cludg the ath penalty for "aggravated homosexualy", fiance of Wtern nmnatns and potential sanctns om aid donors. Same-sex relatns were already illegal Uganda, as they are more than 30 Ain untri, but the new law further targets lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people.

LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?

More than half Ai’s 54 natns prohib nsensual same-sex activy, acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA). In Egypt, homosexualy is not a crime but gay men are equently arrted and charged wh bchery, immoraly or blasphemy.

NAMIBIAN PARLIAMENT APPROV ANTI-GAY LAW SPE URT LG

While there has been progrs some Ain natns to crimalise same-sex relatnships, public opn polls show overall Ains' attus toward LGBTQ people starkly ntrast those other untri where homosexualy has been more wily accepted. An creasg trend of acceptance has been driven part by younger people who have adopted more acceptg views toward homosexualy.

IT IS VAL FOR SOUTH AI TO OPPOSE UGANDA’S DANGERO ANTI-GAY BILL

However, Ain natns there is ltle difference between younger and olr opns on homosexualy. In a poll by Aobarometer of 48, 000 people across 34 untri, more than 75% of rponnts across all ag said they would strongly or somewhat dislike havg a gay neighbour. 6% of 56-year-olds and olr said they would somewhat or strongly like or not re about havg a homosexual neighbour.

SOUTH AIN LGBTQ+ ACTIVISTS MARCH AGAST UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY LAW

A 2014 study by rearchers at the Universy of Readg found former Brish loni were “overwhelmgly more likely to have laws that crimalise homosexualy. However, several former French loni have passed anti-homosexualy laws after gag pennce, cludg Algeria, Cameroon, Mrania and most recently Chad, which banned same-sex acts between men and women 2017.

A more ntemporary fluence, acrdg to gay rights mpaigners, has been foreign anti-LGBTQ relig groups. An earlier Ugandan bill, known as the “kill the gays” bill for ially proposg hangg homosexuals, was troduced after a March 2009 nference Kampala that hosted reprentativ om the U. “ex-gay” movement, cludg proment anti-gay evangelil Stt Lively.

UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY LAW: HOW RTRICTED ARE LGBTQ RIGHTS AI?

It is currently legal to be gay 22 Ain untri, acrdg to ILGA’s database summarisg laws about same-sex activy.

In the 12 untri that have never adopted laws crimalisg homosexualy, is facto legal to be gay.

However LGBTQ people those untri still face homophobic discrimatn. In the 2019-2021 Aobarometer surveys, rponnts untri where homosexualy is facto legal were jt as likely to say they would dislike havg a gay neighbour as rponnts untri where is crimalised. Even among the untri that have officially crimalised same-sex activi, rponnts om Gabon and Lotho were jt as likely to say they would dislike havg a gay neighbour.

GAY AND LESBIAN HOTELS IN SOUTH AI

Even untri that hold the most tolerant views towards gay people, anti-LGBTQ vlence still occurs. In South Ai, where rponnts were among the most likely to hold tolerant views on homosexualy and where gay people have some of the most broad legal protectns Ai, s of homophobic vlence are well documented.

Ugandan Member of Parliament John Mira an anti-gay gown durg Anti-Homosexualy bill bate, March 21, 2023. An ternatnal backlash to Uganda’s proposed anti-homosexualty law has ntued to grow.