Uganda BANS being a LGBT

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/17ad6b87795a48479ce7b3195396a2d5/400.webp

KAMPALA, March 21 (Reuters) - Uganda's parliament passed a law on Tuesday
making it a crime to identify as LGBT, handing authorities broad powers to
target gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimination and mob violence.

More than 30 African countries, including Uganda, already ban same-sex
relations. The new law appears to be the first to outlaw merely identifying as
lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT), according to rights
group Human Rights Watch.

Supporters of the new law say it is needed to punish a broader array of LGBT
activities, which they say threaten traditional values in the conservative and
religious East African nation.

In addition to same-sex intercourse, the law bans promoting and abetting
homosexuality as well as conspiracy to engage in homosexuality.

Violations under the law draw severe penalties, including death for so-called
aggravated homosexuality and life in prison for gay sex. Aggravated
homosexuality involves gay sex with people under the age of 18 or when the
perpetrator is HIV positive, among other categories, according to the law.

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/uganda-passes-bill-banning-identifying-lgbtq-2023-03-21/

[bots]

these same countries control the decision making of the church of england

[Niamh.]

these same countries control the decision making of the church of england

How so?

[Crimson Dynamo]

How so?

I guess they have a vote like in a union?

[Denver]

Not surprised African governments are known to steal from their own and take all the rights from the people.

[bots]

How so?

the english leadership have been trying to make the CoE more hospitable to LGTB for years, but the african nations won't allow it and as they have the biggest congregations (and money) what they say goes

[arista]

Yes, making it Official.


So all Gays need to hide
or get a beating.


Sign Of The Times

[Niamh.]

the english leadership have been trying to make the CoE more hospitable to LGTB for years, but the african nations won't allow it and as they have the biggest congregations (and money) what they say goes

Thanks, I didn't realise the CoE had such a big following there

[Glenn.]

Appalling and backwards

[arista]

Appalling and backwards


But Typical
Strict Church Nation

[joeysteele]

Awful Nation.
Barbaric.

[Nicky91]

ew

awful country

[Crimson Dynamo]

Is Uganda a good place to live?

Uganda is a multilingual country, with English and Swahili as its official languages. The
country also has a rich, welcoming culture, making it easy for expats to settle in. Most
visits to Uganda are also trouble-free. Despite terrorist threats, there have been no major
attacks since 2010.

https://www.expatarrivals.com/africa/uganda/moving-uganda#:~:text=Uganda%20is%20a%20multilingual%20co untry,no%20major%20attacks%20since%202010.

[bots]

So are you going to take a holiday there LT? :laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

So are you going to take a holiday there LT? :laugh:

id rather drink battery acid that go anywhere in that continent

[Redway]

When was it ever legal in Uganda in the first place?

[bots]

When was it ever legal in Uganda in the first place?

they have tightened it up, so if you show any support for LGBT issues, that is also now an offence

[Glenn.]

they have tightened it up, so if you show any support for LGBT issues, that is also now an offence

Kinda like TiBB

[Redway]

id rather drink battery acid that go anywhere in that continent

Charming.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Kinda like TiBB

:joker:

[Cherie]

:joker:

The very same :laugh:

[GoldHeart]

When was it ever legal in Uganda in the first place?

I was thinking the same thing, every African country is pretty much like this and so is the entire middle east, aswell as East Asia . I can't see it ever changing any time soon.

[Livia]

Shocking, but no more shocking because it's a Christian country acting like the whole Muslim world.

[Beso]

One of my good friends down in london is Ugandan. He reckons they beat people for farting in public.

Who are we to argue with the word of god.

[Redway]

I was thinking the same thing, every African country is pretty much like this and so is the entire middle east, aswell as East Asia . I can't see it ever changing any time soon.

Russia comes close to trumping all of them when it comes to political homophobia. I'd also wager that East Asia (at least Japan) than it is in most of South Asia but that's neither here nor there as far as this thread goes.

Speaking of this thread I don't know why hyperbolics are being played on the "bans" (BANS) bit, as if it's new news or supposed to be surprising in any way. Uganda's never not been very anti-gay. The T. in L.G.B.T. is something else altogether for most of them. That's just the way it is.

[bots]

Speaking of this thread I don't know why hyperbolics are being played on the "bans" (BANS) bit, as if it's new news or supposed to be surprising in any way. Uganda's never not been very anti-gay. The T. in L.G.B.T. is something else altogether for most of them. That's just the way it is.

Uganda's parliament passed a law on Tuesday
making it a crime to identify as LGBT, handing authorities broad powers to
target gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimination and mob violence.

It's the subject of the news article based on a NEW law introduced in Uganda

[Redway]

Uganda's parliament passed a law on Tuesday
making it a crime to identify as LGBT, handing authorities broad powers to
target gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimination and mob violence.

It's the subject of the news article based on a NEW law introduced in Uganda

Yeah, well. They were basically just crossing the Ts and dotting the Is here. If being L.G.B.T. in Uganda wasn’t already more-or-less “banned” people over there would not be facing potential imprisonment for same-sex. banging/touching and Uganda wouldn’t have already long-been known as one of the most homophobic countries on Earth. About that per-se there’s absolutely nothing new.

[Livia]

Almost the whole of the Middle East is anti gay.... That's okay though because Islam is a religion of peace.

[Redway]

Most strongly religious countries are anti-gay to be honest. Christianity isn’t that much more accepting of LGBT stuff than Islam traditionally.

[Livia]

Most strongly religious countries are anti-gay to be honest. Christianity isn’t that much more accepting of LGBT stuff than Islam traditionally.

Give some examples of strongly religious Christian countries where someone could quite legally throw a gay person off a roof. Or where they can be beaten to death or imprisoned and tortured. You know very little about Islam, obviously.

[Redway]

Give some examples of strongly religious Christian countries where someone could quite legally throw a gay person off a roof. Or where they can be beaten to death or imprisoned and tortured. You know very little about Islam, obviously.

I’m aware of how anti-gay Islam is, trust me (and I don’t know where you got the feeling that I wasn’t anywhere in any one of my posts on this thread) but Christian Africa’s no better when it comes to gay tolerance. People in even the Christian parts of Nigeria are subjected to similar treatment for their sexuality and that’s not even the half of it.

Look, I’m no fan of religious laws getting in the way of people’s free choice but at the same time I don’t have any particular axe to grind with Islam so I’m not going to lie and pretend I’m too bothered about the Middle East in this context when the thread’s literally about Uganda. If I’m not personally affected by something I just try and remain neutral and stick to not just what I know/think but what’s relevant. Nothing concerns Uganda with Saudi Arabia so unless there’s a contextual reason for it I just wouldn’t make it a point to compare them and criticise Islam because like I say that’s just not my axe to grind. It’s definitely not something I’d be moved to be rude about.

It’s me. I don’t know why you’ve forgotten that all of a sudden. Or is being very anti-Islam and making it known wherever possible part of the interpersonal deal now?

[GoldHeart]

Russia comes close to trumping all of them when it comes to political homophobia. I'd also wager that East Asia (at least Japan) than it is in most of South Asia but that's neither here nor there as far as this thread goes.

Speaking of this thread I don't know why hyperbolics are being played on the "bans" (BANS) bit, as if it's new news or supposed to be surprising in any way. Uganda's never not been very anti-gay. The T. in L.G.B.T. is something else altogether for most of them. That's just the way it is.

Yeah Russia has always been like that

[Redway]

Yeah Russia has always been like that

It has.

[UserSince2005]

Disgusting country, that lake they have turned that lake into a festering **** hole. Eldoret is the closest I can bare to go to that country without smelling the ****.

[arista]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1357C/production/_129082297_ugandaanti-lgbt.png.webp
[Ugandan MP John Musira
wore a gown with anti-homosexual slogans
on it for the debate in parliament]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65087562