Uganda President To Sign LGBTQ Death Penalty Bill

Reuters reports:

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said he would sign some of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ legislation once provisions are added to “rehabilitate” gay people, vowing not to cede to international pressure.

The United States, European Union and major corporations have condemned the bill. Museveni predicted Uganda would face sanctions once the legislation goes into effect, as it did in 2014 when he signed another anti-LGBTQ law.

The Anti-Homosexuality Bill would impose the death penalty for so-called aggravated homosexuality and 20-year sentences for “promoting” homosexuality. Among the offences defined as aggravated homosexuality is having gay sex when HIV-positive.

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Christian fundamentalism lies behind harsh new anti-LGBTIQ bill in Uganda https://t.co/xRGfBGQ4qC

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FFRF is calling for international pressure on Uganda to stand up to American Christian fundamentalists and reject an anti-gay law that the country’s Parliament passed this week, which stems from the work of U.S. missionaries.

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