Uganda Lawmakers Near Vote on Draconian Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill
The east African nation’s leader had earlier described queer people as “deviations from nature.”
March 21, 2023
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Ugandan Leader Says Antigay Bill Will Pass This Year
Rebecca Kadaga, the speaker of Parliament, said lawmakers would pass the legislation before 2012 ends as "a Christmas gift" for antigay Christian activists.
November 12, 2012
Down to the Wire: Actual Science vs. Uganda's 'Scientists'
American scientists and even the president take on the two-page press release from supposed 'scientists' that convinced the Ugandan president to sign the Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
February 21, 2014
Burkina Faso's military junta: 'Homosexuality will be punished by the law'
Military leaders did not reveal the extent of the ban — whether it is against LGBTQ+ identity broadly or specifically those in same-sex relationships, nor what the sentences will entail.
July 13, 2024
Republican Lawmaker Spoke in Support of Bill to Kill Gay People in Uganda: Report
U.S. GOP Rep. Tim Walberg told Ugandan political leaders to "stand firm" against international pressure during an October speech at an event that heard speakers call LGBTQ+ rights advocates "a force from the bottom of hell."
December 28, 2023
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.
February 1, 2024
PHOTOS: Global Day of Protest Against Uganda's Antigay Bill
From Iceland to Ireland, and Topeka, Kan., to Washington, D.C., activists around the world stood in solidarity Monday with LGBT Ugandans fighting to defeat a bill that would criminalize their very existence.
February 11, 2014
Ugandan 'Scientists' Claim Gays Are 'Made, Not Born'
A team of antigay lawmakers 'with medical backgrounds' have prepared a report for Uganda's president that claims to have scientific evidence that homosexuality is 'culturally acquired' and curable.
February 6, 2014
Uganda Passes Law Criminalizing LGBTQ+ Identities
Same-sex relations are already illegal in the country.
March 22, 2023
Ugandan LGBTQ+ Rights Organization Forced to Shut Down by Government
(CNN) Activists have called the shuttering of the group a "clear witch hunt" by Ugandan officials.
August 9, 2022
WATCH: U.S. to Send Homosexuality 'Experts' to Uganda
Rachel Maddow calls the Obama administration's plan to send American experts to Uganda a new kind of experiment in 'real science and real diplomacy.'
March 19, 2014
Kerry Threatens Aid Cuts Over Uganda's 'Jail the Gays' Law
After weeks of flip-flopping, Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni signed into law a bill that imposes lifetime prison sentences for many LGBT people.
February 24, 2014
Gambian President Vows to Fight Gay 'Vermin'
Yahya Jammeh, president of The Gambia, condemned LGBT people during a recent televised address.
February 19, 2014
Obama to Uganda's President: Don't Sign Antigay Law
The president releases a statement saying that signing the bill "will mark a serious setback for all those around the world who share a commitment to freedom, justice and equal rights."
February 17, 2014
U.S. Formally Responds to Uganda's 'Jail The Gays' Law
The Obama administration named nearly $10 million in aid cuts to the Ugandan government in response to enacting the draconian Anti-Homosexuality Act.
March 24, 2014
