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EU lawmakers condemn Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ law

June 2, 2023 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola condemned Uganda’s adoption of an anti-LGBTQ+ law that includes the death penalty for “serial offenders” and “aggravated homosexuality”. Metsola said the law was deeply worrying and undermined human rights in Uganda. “This parliament has repeatedly reaffirmed that people should be allowed to live how they wish to live, be who they wish to be, and love as they wish to love,” she told the opening of the parliamentary assembly on Wednesday. Same-sex relations were already illegal in Uganda, as in more than 30 African countries,…

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Anti-Homosexuality Bill: Uganda passes updated version of brutal law

May 3, 2023 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

Uganda’s parliament has passed one of the world’s cruellest anti-LGBTQ+ laws, the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, for a second time. The legislation was originally passed on 21 March and would have made identifying as LGBTQ+ a criminal offence. However, President Yoweri Museveni refused to sign it and instead returned it to parliament with recommended changes, including adding a differentiation between engaging in homosexual acts and identifying as LGBTQ+. The updated version of the law would no longer criminalise people for identifying as a member of the community, though it does propose jail…

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Uganda’s president calls on Africa to “save the world” from homosexuality

April 5, 2023 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

Yoweri Museveni, the Ugandan president, has urged African leaders to reject what he called “the promotion of homosexuality”. Speaking on 2 April, he said homosexuality is “a big threat and danger to the procreation of human race [sic]”. The 78-year-old continued: “Africa should provide the lead to save the world from this degeneration and decadence, which is really very dangerous for humanity. If people of opposite sex [sic] stop appreciating one another then how will the human race be propagated?” Museveni’s comments came after a two-day inter-parliamentary conference on “family…

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Uganda passes Anti-Homosexuality Bill making it illegal to identify as LGBTQ+

March 23, 2023 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

Uganda has introduced some of the world’s cruellest anti-LGBTQ+ laws, meaning people who identify as gay there could face life in prison. The country’s parliament approved the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023 on 21 March, with its broad wording targeting “aggravated homosexuality”. According to the law, this term refers to sex acts committed without consent or under duress, against children, people with mental and/or physical disabilities, by a “serial offender,” or involving incest. “A person who commits the offence of aggravated homosexuality and is liable, on conviction to suffer death,” the amendments…

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LGBTQ+ Kenyans and Ugandans hide from wave of homophobic abuse

March 15, 2023 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

LGBTQ+ Kenyans say they are living in fear after a pro-gay court ruling triggered an outpouring of abuse and death threats, while an anti-gay bill in neighbouring Uganda has stoked a rise in hate incidents, according to East African activists. Kenyan rights campaigners said some religious and political leaders are whipping up a homophobic backlash to the court ruling, which has led to calls for tougher laws against gay sex and a surge of abuse against sexual minorities. “I’ve stopped going out, especially at night. It’s better not to attract…

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Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni rejects anti-LGBTQ+ bill

August 20, 2021 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

President Yoweri Museveni has refused to sign the country’s “Sexual Offenses Bill”, which passed Ugandan parliament last year. On Tuesday (August 17), President Yoweri Museveni refused to give assent on the Sexual Offenses Bill, stating: “Many provisions are redundant and already provided for in other legislations.” The Sexual Offenses Bill, introduced in 2015, seeks to “consolidate laws relating to sexual offences and provide procedural and evidential requirements during trial of sexual offences and proposes several measures to check among others, sexual harassment in schools by guardians or teachers.” “I have…

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