Uganda's parliament passed a law 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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WHERE IS IT ILLEGAL TO BE GAY AI?
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KAMPALA, March 21 (Rters) - Uganda's parliament passed a law on Tuday makg a crime to intify as LGBTQ, handg thori broad powers to target gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimatn and mob than 30 Ain untri, cludg Uganda, already ban same-sex relatns. The new law appears to be the first to outlaw merely intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ), acrdg to rights group Human Rights Watch.
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 addn to same-sex terurse, the law bans promotg and abettg homosexualy as well as nspiracy to engage homosexualy. Vlatns unr the law draw severe penalti, cludg ath for so-lled aggravated homosexualy and life prison for gay sex. Aggravated homosexualy volv gay sex wh people unr the age of 18 or when the perpetrator is HIV posive, among other tegori, acrdg to the law.
UGANDA’S ANTI-GAY BILL IS THE LATT AND WORST TO TARGET LGBTQ AINS
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[1/4]Bugiri Municipaly Member of Parliament Asuman Basalirwa, addrs the hoe as he participat the bate of the Anti-Homosexualy bill, which propos tough new penalti for same-sex relatns durg a stg at the Parliament buildgs Kampala, Uganda March 21, 2023. Meveni has not mented on the current proposal but he has long opposed LGBTQ rights and signed an anti-LGBTQ law 2013 that Wtern untri nmned before a domtic urt stck down on procral recent weeks, Uganda thori have cracked down on LGBTQ people after relig lears and policians alleged stunts were beg reced to homosexualy month, thori arrted a sendary school teacher the eastern district of Jja over accatns of "groomg of young girls to unnatural sex practic" was subsequently charged wh gross cency and is prison awag police said on Monday they had arrted six people acced of nng a work that was "actively volved the groomg of young boys to acts of sodomy". Across much of Ai, gay people face discrimatn, persecutn, and potentially even East Ain untry of Tanzania has been crackg down on exprsns of homosexualy recently.
The home affairs mister has threatened to shut down NGOs promotg gay rights, while even the print has weighed , statg somewhat bizarrely that "even ws disapprove" of same-sex attu is ditive of wispread social norms, and ed laws, across much of the ntent. Thirty-three Ain untri crimalize homosexual behavr and/or attractn, out of a total of 54 's a map and tails of where 's illegal to be gay Ai. The rmatn om the 2017 report by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA).
This map, provid by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA), shows where homosexual activi or clatns are crimalized, cludg thirty-three Ain untri. AlgeriaGay sex is punishable by imprisonment of up to two years and a fe of up to 2, 000 Algerian dars ($19). AngolaSexually-active gay people n have secury measur imposed on them, cludg probatn or ternment a workhoe or farmg lony for up to three years.