DeLovie Kwagala (Papa De), a queer Ugandan photographer and activist, was living in South Africa when the news came that Uganda’s parliament had passed one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBTQ bills.
The bill, which passed in March, imposes severe penalties including 20 years in prison for “promoting” homosexuality and for certain crimes that involve gay sex, the death penalty.
President Yoweri Museveni must either sign, veto or send back the bill to parliament this week. The bill has been denounced by pressure groups and Western governments which say it will undermine human rights.
Same-s.e.x relations were already illegal in Uganda, but supporters said a tougher new law was needed to punish a broader array of LGBTQ activities, which they say threaten traditional values in the conservative and religious East African nation.
Source: eNCA
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