Entries tagged with “Anti-Gay Discrimination”
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Oct 16, 2019
Mixed Signals From Uganda as Officials Advocate, then Disavow, Death Penalty For LGBTQ Conduct
Facing a potential backlash from major aid donors, Uganda’s president has attempted to distance his government from legislative efforts to reintroduce a bill that would make consensual same-sex acts punishable by the death penalty and criminalize“promotion and recruitment” of homosexuality. The so-called“Kill the Gays” bill previously promoted by government officials would greatly expand the punishment of homosexuality under Ugandan law. The…