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Meet the activist taking on Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ laws

Reuters
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04/15/2023

Frank Mugisha, Uganda’s most prominent LGBTQ rights activist, could face jail time after a new the bill is signed into law that would criminalize even identifying as LGBTQ. Olivia Chan has more.

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