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Uganda “Kill the Gays” Bill is Back

Friday, March 18th, 2011

Uganda Kill the Gays BillThe Ugandan Parliament will reconvene next week to reconsider an anti-gay bill first proposed in 2009. Gay sex is already punishable by life in prison in the country, but the new bill would impose the death penalty on gay people convicted of having sex with minors or the disabled.

Gay people who are HIV positive would also face the death penalty for having sex. The bill would also impose jail terms on those who do not inform police of suspected homosexuals.

In January, the Ugandan activist David Kato was murdered in his home near Kampala. Kato was a gay activist who led the challenge against the bill. Kato’s death underlined the dangerous situation under which many gay and lesbian Ugandans live.

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Tolerance was lost in my homeland; will it be lost in my adopted home?

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Iowans are among the best people I know. I have traveled to more than 60 countries, and I choose to live in Des Moines, my home for nearly 40 years. My wife and I raised our three children here and are proud to be part of this wonderful community and our great state.

Of the many advantages to living in Iowa, one that I hold as both precious and powerful is our commitment to diversity. It makes our state different, and it makes our state better. Iowa was a leader in recognizing the rights of minorities, women, interracial couples and now same-sex marriage. I am proud of our leadership position in the protection of rights and our intolerance of discrimination. The approval of House Joint Resolution 6 in the House is a giant step backward. It puts the freedom to marry for gay and lesbian Iowans up for a vote, rather than allowing our constitution to protect their civil rights.

I came to Iowa from Uganda, where I was born and raised, to attend Iowa State University. While I was attending college, Idi Amin, a brutal dictator, started driving “foreigners” out of Uganda. Even though my family had lived there for four generations, they were still considered foreigners because of their roots in India and were driven from Uganda. Many of our friends were killed.

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Being Gay in Uganda

Friday, February 11th, 2011

The situation for gay people in Uganda was far worse than he expected, Scott Mills says. Speaking to PinkNews.co.uk about an upcoming documentary, the gay Radio 1 presenter told how he feared for his own safety in the country.

Mills met anti-gay MP David Bahati as part of filming for ‘The World’s Worst Place to be Gay?’. When the presenter said he was gay, Bahati became enraged and the film crew fled.

Later, they heard that Bahati had sent armed police to a hotel he thought they were staying at. “I was really frightened,” Mills said. “It’s just something that you wouldn’t think would happen. It was a real shock to the system and we were told to lie low.”

Full Story from Pink News

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Gay Ugandans Win Court Battle Over Newspaper That Published Their Names, Addresses

Monday, January 3rd, 2011

Uganda Rolling StoneA group of Ugandans identified as homosexual in a newspaper article headlined “Hang Them” have won damages and a court injunction ordering the paper not to repeat the exercise, human rights groups said today.

A high court judge ruled that the story in the Rolling Stone newspaper, which printed addresses and photographs of some of the 100 people it named as “Uganda‘s top homos”, violated their constitutional rights to privacy and safety. The court awarded the three plaintiffs in whose names the case was launched just over £400 each in damages, the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law in Uganda said in a statement.

Rights groups warned that the article in October in the new, small-circulation weekly title put the lives of gay people in danger, saying that at least one woman named in the story had been forced to leave her home after neighbours pelted it with stones.

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Uganda: Paper Publishes Names, Addresses of Gays/Lesbians… Again

Monday, November 1st, 2010

The editor of a tabloid in Uganda who argues that homosexuality is more dangerous than smoking, has published a list of 10 gay and lesbian people in the African nation, urging readers to report them to the police. It’s the second time that Rolling Stone — no relation to the iconic U.S. music magazine — has published such a list.

Last time it listed 100 of what it called the country’s top gays and lesbians, with photos and addresses alongside a yellow banner reading “hang them.” Gay rights groups in Uganda say at least four people have been attacked since then.

And a bill that would make homosexuality potentially punishable by death is working its way through Uganda’s parliament. The new gay list includes addresses and alleged intimate details about the anatomy of people on it.

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Uganda: “Kill the Gays” Bill May Be Close to Approval

Friday, October 29th, 2010

UgandaDavid Bahati, the sponsor of Uganda’s “kill gays” bill, says the proposal is close to being made law. “We are very confident because this is a piece of legislation that is needed in this country to protect the traditional family here in Africa, and also protect the future of our children,” said Parliament member David Bahati.

Approximately a year ago the bill was introduced. There was wide world condemnation and it was eventually shelved. Bahati insists he’s been doing the behind the door work to make the bill a reality, which according to him is soon.

“Every single day of my life now I am still pushing that it passes.”

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Uganda: Gays Attacked After Paper Publishes Photos, Addresses

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

At least four gays have been attacked in Uganda since the publication of a front-page newspaper story that listed the African nation’s 100 “top” homosexuals, according to activists there.

The Oct. 9 article in a Ugandan newspaper called Rolling Stone included photographs and addresses of the 100 individuals alongside a yellow banner that read: “Hang Them.”

Rolling Stone, which is not connected to the American magazine of the same name, claimed that an unknown but deadly disease was attacking homosexuals in Uganda and that gays were recruiting 1 million children by raiding schools – a popular rumor in the nation.

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Uganda: Local Paper Publishes Photos, Names of 100 Gays, Says “Hang Them”

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Uganda NewspaperThe front-page newspaper story featured a list of Uganda’s 100 “top” homosexuals, with a bright yellow banner across it that read: “Hang Them.” Alongside their photos were the men’s names and addresses.

In the days since it was published, at least four gay Ugandans on the list have been attacked and many others are in hiding, according to rights activist Julian Onziema. One person named in the story had stones thrown at his house by neighbors.

A lawmaker in this conservative African country introduced a bill a year ago that would have imposed the death penalty for some homosexual acts and life in prison for others. An international uproar ensued, and the bill was quietly shelved.

Full Story from NPR

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ILGA, Amnesty International Release International Reports on GLBTI Rights

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Two reports released by international human rights defenders have put the spotlight on global GLBTI rights. The Amnesty International Report 2010 and the ILGA 2010 State-Sponsored Homophobia report paint a worsening situation in Africa, and improvements in parts of Asia and the Americas.

Both reports singled out Uganda for its notorious Anti-Homosexuality Bill which aims to criminalise the so-called “promotion” of homosexuality and impose the death penalty in some cases.

Nigeria, which has a similar law before Parliament, was criticised, as was Burundi for criminalising same-sex relations. In Senegal and Cameroon, men faced arbitrary arrest, detention, torture and unfair trials when suspected of being gay. In Malawi, two men were sentenced to 14 years in prison for “indecent practices between males”.

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South African Group to Protest Anti Gay Discrimination in US, Uganda

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

A protest march will take place in Pretoria on Freedom Day, April 27, to demand equality for lesbians and gays in both the U.S. and Uganda. Organized by Up & Out, the University of Pretoria’s gay organization, the protesters will march from the Ugandan Embassy to the U.S. Embassy.

The U.S. has been slammed by the organization for its continued refusal to grant same-sex couples federal marriage rights and benefits. “How can a supposed first world nation decide to do such things?” asked Up & Out in a statement.

Uganda is also under immense international pressure over its proposed Anti Homosexuality Bill which, if passed by the country’s parliament, would impose the death penalty on people found guilty of repeated “homosexual offenses”.

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