Host Michel Mart ntu the nversatn about Uganda's "anti-homosexualy bill" that is expected to go to a vote this Friday. The Associated Prs reports that the origal bill lled for harsh punishments on gays and lbians, cludg pal punishment and life imprisonment for those nvicted. Mart discs the bill's history and the risg tensn around homosexualy Uganda wh Grove Cy College profsor Dr. E. Warren Throckmorton, who has been closely followg this bill on his webse.
Contents:
- NO, UGANDA IS NOT MAKG ILLEGAL TO BE GAY (AGA)
- UGANDA'S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW: PART OF A BROAR TREND AI
- THE HISTORY OF UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY BILL
NO, UGANDA IS NOT MAKG ILLEGAL TO BE GAY (AGA)
Dpe an abhorrent anti-gay law beg shelved Augt 2014, the vlent persecutn of homosexual men Uganda rag on. Who is to blame? * gay history in uganda *
The east Ain natn’s parliament has approved a dranian “Anti-Homosexualy Bill” that would extend lonial-era sodomy laws and see vlators sentenced to lengthy prison terms or even ath.
UGANDA'S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW: PART OF A BROAR TREND AI
A versn of Uganda’s "kill the gays" bill will likely bee law, after years of mpaigng. * gay history in uganda *
It stat that the natn’s pacy to al wh “emergg ternal and external threats to the tradnal, heterosexual fay” mt be enhanced and that Ugandans need protectn agast activists who “promote” homosexualy.
THE HISTORY OF UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY BILL
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. * gay history in uganda *
• Legal enti that are nvicted of “promotg homosexualy” n be fed 1 billn shillgs ($267, 000) earlier versn of the bill approved by lawmakers March sought to punish people for merely intifyg as LGBTQ, but that provisn was removed on May 2 after Meveni requted chang.