LGBT Rights in Uganda
In addition to facing widespread societal stigma, LGBT people in Uganda experience extreme persecution by authorities. Incitement against queers is rife among Ugandan religious leaders, politicians vying for popularity and the press, which describe homosexuality as "un-African" and a threat to the traditional values of society. Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda and currently punishable by up to life in prison. A recent anti-homosexuality bill that was introduced to the Ugandan parliament with the backing of American Evangelical Christians stipulates even harsher penalties for homosexuality, including the death sentence for repeat "offenders". More
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Joe Mirabella: Assume the Worst in Uganda: The Death Penalty Likely Remains in the Anti-Homosexuality Bill
02 Dec 09:14It is incredibly important that news outlets and advocates fighting for the human rights of gays and lesbians see Uganda's so-called "kill the gays" bill before reporting or believing that the bill no longer includes the death penalty. Until we see...
Uganda making life tough for NGOs, LGBT rights | Human Rights Watch
02 Sep 18:39I’ve interviewed hundreds of victims and witnesses of human rights abuses in Uganda, but I was genuinely surprised at the fear I heard recently when I met with activists in the country. “If you preach human rights, you are anti-development, an...
Ugandan Parliament Revisits Kill-The-Gays Bill | News | The Advocate
26 Oct 14:33Uganda's Parliament will revisit a bill that sent shockwaves around the world, proposing jailing and possibly executing gay Ugandans.
Anti-Gay Bill Is Revived in Uganda - NYTimes.com
26 Oct 09:02Uganda’s Parliament has voted to reopen a debate on a bill that seeks to outlaw homosexuality and that could be expanded to include the death penalty.
Uganda’s first openly gay bar closed in latest setback for gays in conservative country - The Washington Post
07 Oct 17:59The owner of Uganda’s first openly gay bar says her establishment has been shut down, the latest setback for gays and lesbians in this conservative East African nation.
ILGA: Uganda : Lgbti activists react to renewed lobbying for anti-gay law
07 Sep 14:02LGBTI activists in Uganda have slammed the renewed efforts by anti-gay Ugandans campaigning to bring back the draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
ILGA: Uganda : Drama as pastor Kayanja appears in homophobic smear case
07 Sep 14:02The man at the centre of Kampala’s controversial homophobic smear case finally presented himself in court on Wednesday, September 7.
Ugandan ‘family’ campaign calls for progress on anti-gay bill - PinkNews.co.uk
07 Sep 12:02A 'family' campaign in Uganda is urging lawmakers to pass the anti-homosexuality bill. The Family Life Network and Uganda Coalition for Moral Values says the government should do the "right" thing, rather than bow to international pressure.
LGBT Asylum News: Uganda 'Kill gays' bill 'back within fortnight', reintroduction 'by stealth'
20 Aug 14:11Saturday, 20 August 2011
Gay Ugandan Spared Deportation for Now | News | The Advocate
20 Aug 13:20Thanks in part to a petition on Change.org, Robert Segwanyi, who fled Uganda after allegedly being jailed and tortured for being gay, has been spared deportation from the United Kingdom.
Bachmann Hires 'Kill The Gays Bill' Supporter Arrested for Terrorism | Gay Blog | Gay News
20 Aug 10:02A convicted terrorist who advocates the murder of an entire country's LGBT population has been hired by Michele Bachmann to help her win the American presidential election.
MSMGF :: Britain Defers Deportation of 'Gay Man' to Uganda after Petition
19 Aug 19:01The Global Forum on MSM and HIV (MSMGF) advocates for equitable access to effective HIV prevention, care, and treatment services tailored to the needs of gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM), while promoting their health and human...
Author of Uganda’s anti-gay bill committed to cause despite international outcry - thestar.com
26 May 16:35David Bahati, the author of Uganda’s infamous “Kill the Gays” bill, is a quietly confident man who doesn’t consider himself a homophobe.
Uganda drops anti-gay bill - Africa, World - The Independent
26 May 16:34Uganda's parliament appeared to have dropped plans to debate a controversial anti-gay bill after a global outcry from US leaders, rights groups and an internet campaign.
CBC.ca | Dispatches | Kampala...words of hope from a gay bar
26 May 16:31In the craven world of homophobia, there is gay-bashing, and then there's Uganda.
Tell Ugandan President Museveni: Stop the "Kill the Gays" bill.
26 May 11:06Conservative lawmakers in Uganda are once again trying to push through a brutal "Kill the Gays" bill, which would make being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender a crime that is punishable by execution. The lives of hundreds of thousands of...
Germ Free Generation, Uganda Anti-Gay Law Hearings Held
24 May 19:05Uganda Anti-Gay Law Hearings Held
Scott Lively was one of three American activists to speak at an anti-gay conference in Uganda in 2009 – bragged that he delivered a “nuclear bomb against the gay agenda in Uganda.” « Coreys Views
23 May 19:08Scott Lively was one of three American activists to speak at an anti-gay conference in Uganda in 2009 – bragged that he delivered a “nuclear bomb a...
Uganda's anti-gay bill on hold. | PRI.ORG
23 May 11:06A controversial bill in Uganda that that called for the death penalty for homosexuality failed to make it out of parliament.
Reports say Ugandan parliament will return to the anti-gay bill - PinkNews.co.uk
23 May 03:05Reports suggest that Uganda's new parliament will consider the notorious anti-homosexuality bill. The last parliament, which was dissolved last week, ran out of time to debate the draft legislation, which calls for the death penalty for some cases...
Uganda's anti-gay bill is far from dead | Simon Sarmiento | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
22 May 19:02Simon Sarmiento: It may be temporarily off the parliamentary agenda, but local Anglican support for the Ugandan anti-gay bill continues
Joseph Sekajugo Bokombe, a gay man from Uganda, is in custody in the United States for an expired visa. His deportation hearing happened in March 2011, with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) now actively processing his deportation back...
Uganda bill back on table | Star Online
22 May 04:09Ugandaâs new parliament will consider the notorious anti-homosexuality bill, according to media reports this morning. The last parliament ran out of time to debate the draft legislation before it was ...
Daily Monitor: - National |Will the gay Bill face tougher battles?
22 May 03:05Uganda and the Anti-Homosexuality Bill have become synonymous on the international stage. On either end of the debate at home are its author, MP David Bahati, and one of its most vocal opponents, gay rights activist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera.
Cristãos e Mulçumanos são derrotados: Projeto de lei Anti-Gay de Uganda foi arquivado por pressão Internacional « Quebrando Tabus
21 May 19:07← Ator Brad Pitt fala sobre sua criação em uma família Evangélica: “Foi muito sufocante” Uganda sofre com o fundamentalismo Cristão → Cristãos e Mu...
The Uganda Anti-Gay Bill's U.S. Roots - Yahoo! News
21 May 11:05Even if the death penalty is removed from Uganda’s Anti-Homosexual Bill, its passage would codify the country’s extraordinary persecution of gays—and American evangelicals will bear responsibility, says Michelle Goldberg.
Essential Africa - Social news
20 May 19:06EssentialAfrica.com. Africas search engine. Internet portal and directory continually updated with all key African websites with links to restaurants, hotels, news, governments, embassies, airlines, banks, UN, UN humanitarian...
Joan/ClearSailing ☮: "RT @nancita224: URGENT! Te…" « Deck.ly
20 May 19:06RT @nancita224: URGENT! Tell Uganda's President to stop the execution of #gay & #lesbian citizens: http://t.co/05qaU1G via @CREDOMobile #p2 #fok ...
Virtually Sensible: Uganda Anti gay bill - (unconfirmed)
20 May 19:06My thoughts and on First and Second Life.
Random Musings, Gay: Uganda Anti-Gay Bill
20 May 11:08Gay: Uganda Anti-Gay Bill http://gay.org.uk/post/5658480397/uganda-gay-rights gay-men: “ Uganda’s anti-gay law has failed… for now at least! A total of 1.6 million petition signatures were delivered...
Catherine's Encyclopedia: Anti-gay bill in Uganda shelved thanks to Avaaz.org! (Click here and see!)
20 May 03:05
Reports say Ugandan parliament will return to the anti-gay bill - PinkNews.co.uk
19 May 19:07Reports suggest that Uganda's new parliament will consider the notorious anti-homosexuality bill. The last parliament, which was dissolved last week, ran out of time to debate the draft legislation, which calls for the death penalty for some cases...
Uganda's David Bahati Remains Defiant As Lawmakers Table His Anti-Gay Bill | On Top Magazine :: Gay & Lesbian News, Entertainment, Commentary & Travel
26 Mar 03:07Uganda MP David Bahati remains defiant in his opposition to homosexuality even as lawmakers move to table his anti-gay bill
Uganda Parliament Drops 'Kill The Gays' Bill / Queerty
25 Mar 19:08Well isn't this a bit of good news: David Bahati, the minister of parliament behind Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill, has suffered a huge defeat.
Gender & Sexuality Law Blog » Blog Archive » Uganda Gay Privacy Decision: Securing Rights for Sexual Minorities Without Labeling Them Gay
06 Jan 11:16Last week a court in Uganda issued a decision permanently enjoining a daily Kampala newspaper from printing the names and addresses of persons alle...
LGBT Asylum News: Uganda: The eight stages of gay genocide
25 Oct 06:32Genocide is a process that develops in eight stages that are predictable but not inexorable. At each stage, preventive measures can stop it. The process is not linear. Logically, later stages must be preceded by earlier stages. But all stages...
Ugandan Tabloid Publishes List of 100 'Top Homos', Calls for Their Hanging
24 Oct 02:57The Ugandan tabloid Rolling Stone (no relation to Jann Wenner) has outed one hundred gay (or presumed gay) Ugandans, inciting violence against several and sending many more into hiding. The rag's editor said the list was "in the public's interest."
BBC News - Attacks reported on Ugandans newspaper 'outed' as gay
22 Oct 15:06Several people have been attacked in Uganda after a local newspaper published their names and photos, saying they were homosexual
African Activist: Uganda One Year After the Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009
21 Oct 03:41Amplifying Africa's LGBTI Voices
Sebas' Space: The potestant clergy holds conference in Uganda to discuss gay sex - again
15 Oct 02:07You certainly have to give it to them for perseverance. The religious prelates, this time the protestant ones, have come out with yet another communique, again telling the world what it already knows; that they are obsessed with homosexual sex.
Behind the Mask | The Voice of Africa's LGBTI Community – “HOMOSEXUALITY ATTRACTS A CURSE”
16 Sep 16:15This is according to Uganda’s First Lady, Janet Museveni, who made the statement at the opening of the National Youth Convention at the Makerere University on 9 August, suggesting that homosexuality, is an abomination and that people turn to...
LGBT Asylum News: Uganda’s First Lady promotes youth hatred of gays, yet wonders why the educated flee
28 Aug 09:12Ugandan First Lady Janet Museveni — longtime ally of The Family and genocidal pastor Martin Ssempa — cautioned 8,000 youths at a convention 9 August against promoting tolerance of homosexuality.
allAfrica.com: Uganda: Unfriendly Nurses and Culture Hinder Male Involvement in HIV Prevention
27 Aug 11:42rene Wangolo was advised to undergo an HIV test during her antenatal visit and to return to the clinic with her husband so they could be counselled on preventing HIV transmission to their unborn baby.
In This Week's Show | Tosh.0 Blog
26 Aug 15:13In tonight's episode, Daniel defended his brothers at an anti-gay press conference in Uganda. But that's not all. You can see a lot more of tonight's
ontd_political: Finding The Root Of Anti-Gay Sentiment In Uganda
26 Aug 15:13dear catastrophe waitress (la_petite_singe) wrote in ontd_political,@ 2010-08-26 12:30:00 SHARETHIS.addEntry({url:'http://community.livejourna...
Uganda's Anti-Gay Political Leader In Spotlight Again | RHRealityCheck.org
26 Aug 15:13On NPR today, Jeff Sharlet speaks of his face-to-face meetings with David Bahati, the Ugandan Parliament member and architect of Uganda's extreme anti-homosexuality bill. Bahati tells Sharlet outright that he wants to "kill every last gay person."
Fresh Air from WHYY : NPR
26 Aug 15:13This one-hour program features Terry Gross' in-depth interviews with prominent cultural and entertainment figures, as well as distinguished experts on current affairs and news.