Return of Uganda Anti-Gay Bill?
Speaker of Parliament trying to force a vote, defending bill as an attack on Uganda’s sovereignty and culture.
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Uganda Shelves Kill the Gays Bill—For Now
Bahati vows to reintroduce it.
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Bishop testifies against bill to parliamentary committee.
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Ugandan Anti-Gay
Preacher Pays Fake “Ex-Gay” Witnesses to Testify for Anti-Homosexuality Bill
Despite Ssempa’s efforts, the Ugandan Parliament will likely table the measure.
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“God Created You”: Bishop Supports Gay Ugandans, Defies Death Threats
Despite the risk, Bishop Senyonjo has continued to minister to Uganda’s LGBT community. If he didn’t, it’s unlikely that anyone else would. After the other pastor’s invective against gays at Kato’s funeral, locals from his ancestral village refused to carry the casket to where it was to be buried. Some in attendance grabbed the activist’s white and gold coffin, which was draped with a rainbow flag, and carried it themselves. They would have had to bury Kato, who identified as Christian, without a blessing from any member of the clergy had Senyonjo not stepped in. “I believed that it wasn’t right just to dump the body there without prayers. I couldn’t bear it at any cost,” he said later.
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Recounting (Again)
The Role of American Religious Activists in Uganda Anti-Gay Violence
With murder of David Kato, human rights activists’ greatest fear has come to pass.
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The US Religious Right and the LGBT Crisis In Uganda
RD talks to a Ugandan LGBT-rights activist about the effect of the US religious right on Ugandan attitudes toward LGBT people.
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American Supports Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill
Under fire from LGBT rights activists, the American anti-gay crusader claimed he didn’t know about the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill, even as he organized an event decrying homosexuality in Uganda. A report from Sunday’s rally in Kampala shows that despite Engle’s denials of support, other speakers were calling for the bill’s passage.
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