Dpe an abhorrent anti-gay law beg shelved Augt 2014, the vlent persecutn of homosexual men Uganda rag on. Who is to blame?
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)
* 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.
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. • 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.
As Ugandan printial electns this week are rocked by accatns of vote riggg, and wh the pop star turned legislator Bobi We (real name Robert Kyagulanyi) unr hoe arrt, GQ looks back to when we travelled to the untry to expose the rptn, culture and polics surroundg the often vlent opprsn of homosexualy. SMUG is the umbrella anisatn that fights for full legal and social equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr men and women Uganda; the nonprof- body at the ont le of the bter war agast homosexuals the untry. For the majory of Ugandans, the word “homophobia” isn’t somethg that purports to an abe of basic human rights – ’s a posive ditn of supportg the untry’s long-standg law.
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 *
Hard though is to believe, through false nnotatn that is creasgly prevalent, ’s ak to sayg you disapprove of rape and beg intified as a gay man, Michael’s home life beme tolerable.
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 *
His father forba him om playg or even beg the same room as his younger brothers and sisters, to prevent him om “fectg” his taken on Febary 14, 2010 shows Ugandans takg part an anti-gay monstratn at Jja, Kampala.
A Ugandan pastor seekg to bolster Uganda's anti-gay laws which already make homosexualy punishable by life imprisonment screened gay porn a packed Kampala church on Febary 17, 2010 a bid to dm up support that was attend by around 300 supporters after plans for a "ln-man march" were thwarted by police. AFP PHOTO/TREVOR SNAPP (Photo cred should read Trevor Snapp/AFP via Getty Imag)AFPAlthough for a time he found help wh a Christian group; when they found out about his homosexualy they kicked him out too, tellg Michael that they feared he would try “dog somethg evil wh their children”. In Febary 2014, was signed to law by print Yoweri Meveni, the 70-year-old lear who affixed his signature to the document ont of a room full of ternatnal journalists and a team of Ugandan scientists who had said they found no geic basis for homosexualy.