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X likely profited from promoted post calling for LGBTQ+ death penalty

X reportedly received between $10 and $2,500 to promote a post calling for LGBTQ+ people to receive the death penalty.

Uganda's high court upholds key sections of Anti-Homosexuality Act

The controversial law punishes same-sex sexual relations with life imprisonment or death in some cases.

Right-wing group won't condemn Uganda's 'kill the gays' law, enraging queer Democrats

"When you’re given the opportunity to publicly oppose a law that permits the government to execute LGBTQI+ people just because of who they are, why wouldn’t you take it?" says Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Mark Pocan.

Gay lawmaker demands to know extent of U.S. Christian group's ties to Uganda's deadly antigay law

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, sent a pointed letter to the Fellowship Foundation, the right-wing group also known as the Family.

Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act must be stopped. Now.

Even with certain restrictions against government leadership and international aid, more must be done to prevent Uganda's anti-LGBTQ+ law and the harm it will inflict on queer people, writes the Williams Institute's Ari Shaw.

Club Q shooter faces federal hate-crimes charges, possibility of death penalty

Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded not guilty to the new charges, which were announced Tuesday in Denver.

Two Men Arrested in Uganda After Peeping Tom Videotapes Rendezvous

The student allegedly heard “funny screaming sounds” and quickly began recording the alleged sexual encounter.

Mauritius Supreme Court Decriminalizes Gay Sex in Landmark Decision

Advocates hailed the decision on the African island nation while the court disparaged the law’s British colonial era origins in its ruling.

First Man Faces Death Penalty for 'Aggravated Homosexuality' in Uganda

Four others have been arrested under the new law passed in May.