Uganda

LGBTI Rights in Uganda


ADDED ON: 06/09/2023

HIV alarm in Uganda as anti-gay law forces LGBT ‘lockdown’

The trend of HIV patients staying away from treatment centres is being mirrored on a national level, according to Mary Borgman, country director for the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief…

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ADDED ON: 06/07/2023

Cruel Ugandan anti-gay law takes effect; legal challenges pending

Uganda’s harsh new Anti-Homosexuality Act took effect on May 30, when it was published in the official Uganda Gazette. Human rights activists have filed two petitions challenging its constitutionality, but neither has…

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ADDED ON: 06/05/2023

Anti-LGBTQ Disinformation Surges Online In East Africa

Anti-LGBTQ bills in Kenya and Uganda have unleashed an unprecedented wave of online disinformation targeting the community, with experts accusing political leaders of spreading falsehoods that put lives at risk. Social media…

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ADDED ON: 06/02/2023

Anti-LGBTQ+ law in Uganda that threatens the death penalty sparks international outcry

Uganda just enacted one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws. Same-sex relations were already illegal there, but the new law goes much further, including life imprisonment for anyone convicted of homosexuality and…

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ADDED ON: 06/01/2023

Uproar after Uganda enacts anti-gay law

Uganda's latest anti-Homosexuality law is one of the world's most brutal legislations that seeks to restrict homosexual rights in Uganda and punish offenders. When lawmakers initially passed the bill in March, President Museveni had it…

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ADDED ON: 06/01/2023

Anti-LGBTQ disinformation surges online in East Africa

Anti-LGBTQ bills in Kenya and Uganda have unleashed an unprecedented wave of online disinformation targeting the community, with experts accusing political leaders of spreading falsehoods that put lives at risk. Social media…

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ADDED ON: 05/31/2023

Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ law spurs bipartisan uproar in US

Leaders in Congress are forcefully condemning a sweeping new anti-gay law in Uganda, calling on the Biden administration to reconsider assistance to the East African nation. “Uganda’s appalling Anti-Homosexuality Act is the…

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ADDED ON: 05/30/2023

Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world's toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality", drawing Western condemnation and risking sanctions from aid donors. Same-sex relations were already…

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ADDED ON: 05/28/2023

When Your Sexuality Is Against the Law

When Abdul was a teenager and coming to terms with being gay, he was attacked by a group of men. They mocked him with homophobic slurs and assaulted him with broken beer…

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ADDED ON: 05/21/2023

Ugandan LGBT activist fears reprisal over anti-gay law

A Ugandan LGBT activist said on Friday they planned to return to their home country next week despite fears of reprisal after the approval of a new anti-gay law. DeLovie Kwagala, who…

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ADDED ON: 05/20/2023

Ugandan LGBT activist fears reprisal over anti-gay law

A Ugandan LGBT activist said on Friday they planned to return to their home country next week despite fears of reprisal after the approval of a new anti-gay law. DeLovie Kwagala, who…

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ADDED ON: 05/19/2023

LGBTQI+ repression in East Africa: ‘They say that Westerners are turning us gay’

Koei lives in a permanent state of tension. A baby-faced young man in his early-20s, he works in an insurance agency on the outskirts of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. But he…

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