HIV alarm Uganda as anti-gay law forc LGBT 'lockdown' | Rters

Contents:

• UGANDA LAWMAKERS AMEND NTROVERSIAL ANTI-GAY LAW BUT ATH PENALTY FOR HIV POSIVE SEX REMAS
• UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY LAW: HOW RTRICTED ARE LGBTQ RIGHTS AI?
• UGANDA ANTI-HOMOSEXUALY BILL: LIFE PRISON FOR SAYG YOU'RE GAY
• HIV ALARM UGANDA AS ANTI-GAY LAW FORC LGBT 'LOCKDOWN'
• NO, UGANDA IS NOT MAKG ILLEGAL TO BE GAY (AGA)

UGANDA LAWMAKERS AMEND NTROVERSIAL ANTI-GAY LAW BUT ATH PENALTY FOR HIV POSIVE SEX REMAS

Canada was quick to nmn the new law, which clus the ath penalty for 'aggravated homosexualy. 'Uganda's Print Yoweri Meveni has signed one of the world's tought anti-LGBTQ laws, cludg the ath penalty for "aggravated homosexualy, " fiance of Wtern nmnatns and potential sanctns om aid relatns were already illegal Uganda, as more than 30 Ain untri, but the new law go much impos pal punishment for some behavur, cludg transmtg a termal illns like HIV/AIDS through gay sex, and stipulat a 20-year sentence for "promotg" homosexualy. "The Ugandan print has today legalized state-sponsored homophobia and transphobia, " said Clare Byagaba, a Ugandan rights activist.

However, Alex Kofi Donkor, founr of LGBT+ Rights Ghana, says what happened Uganda is 'barbaric, ' and that people should not be crimalized for their and other activists have vowed to lnch a legal challenge to the law, which Meveni was shown signg at his sk wh a goln pen a photo tweeted by Uganda's 78-year-old lear has lled homosexualy a "viatn om normal" and urged lawmakers to rist "imperialist" prsure. Ugandan human rights activists talk to the media after filg a petn challengg the signg of the new anti-homosexualy law by Meveni, at the nstutn urt Kampala, Uganda, on Monday. Print's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), s flagship HIV/AIDS activists Uganda ' shock' over anti-gay legislatn, fearg mass arrtsAnti-LGBTQ bill passed Uganda ed as 'low-hangg u' to distract public, rearcher saysIn a jot statement on Monday, PEPFAR, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the Jot Uned Natns Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said the law put Uganda's fight agast HIV/AIDS " grave jeopardy.

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

"Uganda’s Print has signed this anti-gay legislatn to law.

"We are appalled that the dranian and discrimatory anti-gay bill is now law, " tweeted. Activists prott outsi the Ugandan Embassy over that untry's Anti-Homosexualy Bill, Washgton, D. The amend versn stipulated that merely intifyg as LGBTQ is not a crime and revised a measure that obliged people to report homosexual activy to only require reportg when a child is volved.

Uganda is one of several Ain natns where is illegal to be queer; the natn enacted s Anti-Homosexualy Act 2014, which allowed for life imprisonment for some homosexual acts between nsentg adults, and dified the reprsn of LGBTQ Ugandans. That legislatn was annulled urt 2014, though homosexualy was still illegal per prev law, acrdg to a Human Rights Watch report. The latt bill, ially passed by parliament March, tak Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ polici much further, punishg LGBTQ advocy wh up to 20 years prison and proposg the ath penalty for “aggravated homosexualy” — homosexual acts volvg children or members of other at-risk groups, or volvg a person who is HIV posive.

UGANDA ANTI-HOMOSEXUALY BILL: LIFE PRISON FOR SAYG YOU'RE GAY

A person nvicted of “attempted aggravated homosexualy” n be imprisoned for up to 14 years, and “attempted homosexualy” uld land a person a 10-year prison sentence. (After Meveni sent the bill back, lawmakers add a provisn clarifyg that the punishments are not for beg homosexual but require havg same-sex relatns. Uganda is now the fourth Ain natn which homosexualy is punishable by ath, acrdg to a Rters report.

Mbajjwe Nimiro Wilson, a 24-year-old gay man, fled the pal cy of Kampala after a crowd of people threatened him as he bought groceri. You gays should be killed. Uganda was already hostile to LGBTQ people, even before the 2014 Anti-Homosexualy Act; lonial fluence was baked to the penal , and a 2009 bill lloquially lled the “kill the gays” bill sparked ternatnal outrage for a provisn that would allow gay people to be hanged.

The bill also required cizens to spy on their neighbors, iends, and fay members and report those they spected of beg LGBTQ or advotg for gay rights or face a three-year prison sentence, acrdg to a Human Rights Watch report at the time.

HIV ALARM UGANDA AS ANTI-GAY LAW FORC LGBT 'LOCKDOWN'

The 2023 bill also appli to trans and genr-nonnformg people, punishg wh up to 10 years prison anyone who “holds out as a lbian, gay, transgenr, a queer, or any other sexual or genr inty that is ntrary to the bary tegori of male and female.

In realy, the US particular has fluenced or supported anti-LGBTQ polici and attus Uganda, particularly via evangelil groups like the Fellowship Foundatn, which had a hand craftg the 2009 “kill the gays” bill, acrdg to a 2020 report om Open Democracy. In 2012, SMUG sued Amerin evangelist Stt Lively a US urt for his role promotg the anti-LGBTQ agenda that fluenced the “kill the gays” bill and led to the persecutn of LGBTQ people Uganda. US evangelil groups are also stmental phg an “ex-gay” narrative Uganda — ntributg to the ia of “rehabilatn” that Meveni prevly spoke about wrg to the 2023 bill.

Okereke scribed the grip that the ex-gay narrative has taken Uganda and elsewhere Ai. “The prodigal son parable has propped up the ex-gay movement Uganda, ensurg there are open arms to gay people who n speak about prevly beg that life of ‘s’ and nounce their gayns publicly, ” Okereke wrote. “It seems that as the ex-gay movement lost s grip the Uned Stat, started to reach for relevance elsewhere.

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

“The wave of homophobia and transphobia Uganda, and the regn, has nothg to do wh Ugandan or Ain valu, ” Ugandan human rights activist and lawyer Nilas Opiyo told the Guardian. Anti-homosexualy bills East Ai worry LGBTQ cizens. Uganda’s parliament has passed an amend versn of the ntroversial Anti-Homosexualy Bill 2023 on Tuday.