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Contents:

• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN KAMPALA, UGANDA
• UGANDA PASSED ONE OF THE WORLD’S HARSHT ANTI-GAY LAWS. LGBTQ PEOPLE SCRIBE LIVG THERE AS ‘HELL’
• UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY LAW: HOW RTRICTED ARE LGBTQ RIGHTS AI?
• UGANDA TO JAIL PEOPLE WHO INTIFY AS LGBTQ ONE OF WORLD'S MOST ANTI-GAY LAWS
• NO, UGANDA IS NOT MAKG ILLEGAL TO BE GAY (AGA)

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN KAMPALA, UGANDA

By CountryBy Year FoundA list of LGBT anizatns and groups Mori UgandaSexual Mori Uganda [SM-UG] is a non-prof, non-ernmental anisatn that works towards achievg full legal and social equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual…The Youth Empowerment Foundatn-TYEFThe youth Empowerment Foundatn (TYEF) is a Non- Governmental Organizatn that was formed 2009, and not yet registered. A topic that has arisen on more than one ocsn as we talk to people about the Uganda Marathon is the attus to homosexualy the untry. In the last few years, Uganda has received a fair amount of bad prs this area, largely due to the Uganda Anti-Homosexualy Act.

The are the people and muni where many rejoiced at the succsful overturng of Anti-Homosexualy Act and are entirely unncerned about who you love, so long as you show the same rpect as you would any other untry. So if you are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr and nsirg jog for this great adventure, read this first hand acunt om our very own Lizzie Wright, who has spent a great al of time Uganda, and let that rm your cisn. My iends back home hail om across the LGBT muny but I jt didn’t expect to meet an openly gay Ugandan.

The anti – homosexual law was overturned the Ugandan urts last year and ed Entebbe hosted s first ever gay pri. I thought people would be venomo their opns about homosexualy, there would be no mpaigners and the scene would have been phed so far unrground that I would never get close to . My experience was somewhat different; most Ugandans I spoke to held pretty nonmtal views on homosexualy, only gatherg speed when asked what their reactn would be to their own son or dghters sexualy beg lled to qutn.

UGANDA PASSED ONE OF THE WORLD’S HARSHT ANTI-GAY LAWS. LGBTQ PEOPLE SCRIBE LIVG THERE AS ‘HELL’

The muny and s supporters ntue to make great stris agast the fears of homosexualy that have bee engraed to some parts of the culture. Gay and bisexual men Kampala, Uganda. HIV/AIDS disproportnately affects gay and bisexual men around the world; however, ltle is known about this populatn sub-Saharan Ai.

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

We nducted a rponnt-driven samplg survey of gay and bisexual men Kampala, Uganda (N = 224). Overall, 61% reported themselv as "gay" and 39% as "bisexual".

Gay and bisexual men were 92% Ugandan; 37% had unprotected receptive anal sex the last six months, 27% were paid for sex, 18% paid for sex, 11% had history of urethral discharge. Perceptn that gay and bisexual men are at risk for HIV fectn was low.

UGANDA TO JAIL PEOPLE WHO INTIFY AS LGBTQ ONE OF WORLD'S MOST ANTI-GAY LAWS

Gay and bisexual men Kampala are overwhelmgly Ugandan natnals om all parts of society. Regnn of gay and bisexual men lol HIV preventn programs and tn msag are urgently need.

Our study monstrat that gay and bisexual men Uganda are willg to intify themselv and participate rearch. Correlat of unprotected receptive anal terurse among gay and bisexual men: Kampala, Uganda. Very young gay and bisexual men are at risk for HIV fectn: the San Francis Bay Area Young Men's Survey II.

Differenc HIV risk characteristics between bisexual and exclively gay men.

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

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