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It is a sad day in our world when we hear about persecutions and threats against people simply because they have a different way of living or belief system. This is abundantly clear in Uganda where gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Ugandans fear for their lives and live in hiding. Homosexual 'activity' is illegal under the Penal Code Amendment (Gender References) Act 2000 which changed the wording of, 'any male' to 'any person', to include women.
The Ugandan authorities will say that it goes against African culture. Yet, there is an estimated, half a million LBGT folks in Uganda. The government has gone as far as introducing a bill that will sentence LGBT 'repeat offenders' to life in prison if convicted. This is not a new law in Uganda; it is an inherited one that has been retained since Uganda was under British colonial rule in the 19th century. The punishment then, was life imprisonment if convicted.
The laws have been cemented with sidebar laws that include prohibition against same sex marriages. This law was signed and included into the Ugandan constitution on September 29th, 2005.
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April 27, 2012
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