A Proposed Law in This Country Would Require Citizens to Report LGBTQ+ People to Authorities
Introduced in 2021, this bill not only criminalizes LGBTQ relationships, but also those who support LGBTQ rights.
September 17 2023 7:00 PM
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Introduced in 2021, this bill not only criminalizes LGBTQ relationships, but also those who support LGBTQ rights.
Homosexuality is illegal in the West African nation.
Four others have been arrested under the new law passed in May.
The arrests come in a country with one of the harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws in the world.
“Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act fundamentally contradicts the World Bank Group’s values," said a statement from the institution.
After demonizing abortion services and marriage rights, Republicans now take aim at PEPFAR, which has saved millions of lives.
They warn that anti-LGBTQ+ laws elsewhere have the potential to threaten LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. too.
Marriage equality and same-sex sexual relations are illegal in the country.
If passed, the law would have broadened the current law that makes same-sex sexual activity illegal.
As the Catholic Church continues to make more inclusive comments about LGBTQ+ rights, the Church's leadership in Ghana supports a violent and repressive draft law targeting LGBTQ+ people.
Laws criminalizing gay sex "serve only to incentivise law enforcement agents to become keyhole peepers and intruders into the private space of citizens," Court of Appeal President Ian Kirby wrote.
"This is a big win for same-sex couples [in Namibia]," said the couple's lawyer.
The documentary, which follows a man over five years, was banned due to its positive representation of LGBTQ+ lives and same-sex marriage.