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Uganda criminalizes being gay

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With the stroke of his pen, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda defied science and world opinion to make lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people outlaws in his country.
“Homosexuals are actually mercenaries,” he said. “They are heterosexual people, but because of money they say they are homosexuals. These are prostitutes because of money.” Museveni added, “There’s now an attempt at social imperialism, to impose social values. We’re sorry to see that you (the West) live the way you live, but we keep quiet about it.” The “anti-homosexuality” law carries a penalty of 14 years for a first-time offense and life imprisonment for those convicted of “aggravated homosexuality.”
The world isn’t keeping quiet about the latest travesty against LGBT people in Africa. Denmark and Norway announced they were delaying or diverting aid. Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the United States was reviewing its relationship with the central African country, including $400 million in aid.
“This is a tragic day for Uganda and for all who care about the cause of human rights,” Kerry said in a statement. Museveni’s signature on the law and the motivation behind it show he doesn’t care at all.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...zes-being-gay/

What kinda warped ass minds? :crazy: Shocking.

British asylum for LGBT citizens plz

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“They are heterosexual people, but because of money they say they are homosexuals. These are prostitutes because of money.”

http://i.imgur.com/qrEk7cq.png

Africa was the cradle of civilisation. Sadly, some countries haven't moved on much.

Hopefully enough powerful nations will end up snubbing Uganda and make them rethink this moronic law.

Let's see how much they want to demonise the gays when all the help and aid they get stops.

What a ****ing disgrace.

Oh yes, I'm obviously gay for money.. :idc:

...because of money? How does that work then...

So these people who are only being gay so they can be prostitutes... who's paying them, exactly?

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Originally Posted by Jack_ (Post 6732081)

British asylum for LGBT citizens plz

Oh yes ... Come to Britain and swap one type of discrimination (sexual) for another (racial) .

No thanks ... Stay in Uganda and fight for their freedoms there...!!

I do suck cock for a few extra £20's

What a disgusting, bigoted, backward move.

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Originally Posted by Dezzy (Post 6732106)

Hopefully enough powerful nations will end up snubbing Uganda and make them rethink this moronic law.

Let's see how much they want to demonise the gays when all the help and aid they get stops.

I completely disagree. Hurting the people in poverty isn't going to change anything. The politicians behind this are comfortably sitting at home wearing nice suits and deciding that gay people are criminals. Diverting aid won't affect them at all.

This is a country that's still advocating 'corrective rape' so it's only the tip of the iceberg. Just... :/

lol its uganda no1curr what they do

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A Ugandan newspaper has named who it says are the country's 200 "top homosexuals" a day after widely criticised anti-gay laws were introduced.

The list, in the Red Pepper tabloid which carried the headline "Exposed!", featured some who have openly declared their sexuality as well as those who had not.

Prominent gay activists, including one who warned the legislation could spark violence against homosexuals, were named alongside a popular Ugandan hip-hop star and a Catholic priest.

The paper said: "In salutation to the new law, today we unleash Uganda's top homos and their sympathisers."

In 2011, prominent Ugandan gay rights campaigner David Kato was bludgeoned to death at his home after a different newspaper carried photos, names and addresses of people it said were gay in Uganda along with the headline "Hang Them".

"The media witch hunt is back," Jacqueline Kasha, a well-known Ugandan lesbian activist, tweeted.

Ben Byarabaha, Red Pepper's news editor, said they published the full names of only the well-known activists and had tried to use nicknames for those not publicly gay.

Others, such as a retired Anglican cleric who supports gay rights, are listed as sympathisers.

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni
President Yoweri Museveni signed the bill into law
Mr Byarabaha has not given any details about how the full list was compiled.

Those taking part in gay sex face life in prison, under the 'crime' of "aggravated homosexuality" which also includes sex with a minor or while HIV positive.

The bill had originally proposed the death penalty.

The legislation also creates offences of "conspiracy to commit homosexuality" as well as "aiding and abetting homosexuality," both of which are punishable with a seven-year jail term.

Those convicted of "promoting homosexuality" face similar punishment.

The laws - which came just over a month after Nigeria passed a similar measure against gays - have been condemned around the world, although it is widely popular among Ugandans.

President Yoweri Museveni, who signed the bill into law, said it was needed because the West was promoting homosexuality in Africa.

And he rejected international criticism, saying other countries should not interfere in Uganda's internal affairs.

Mr Museveni also accused "arrogant and careless Western groups" of trying to recruit Ugandan children into homosexuality, but he did not name these purported groups.

Police spokesman Patrick Onyango said no homosexuals have been arrested since the president signed the bill but at least two had been taken into custody since politicians passed the bill last December.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday's signing marked "a tragic day for Uganda and for all who care about the cause of human rights". He also warned Washington could cut aid to the East African government.

http://news.sky.com/story/1217198/ug...s-paper-slated

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It is really sad to see these Countries going backwards. Full condemnation of this move is right to make and should be made very forcefully too.

It's ridiculous but not that unexpected, this bill has been knocking around since 2009 and homosexuality has always been illegal in Uganda since it was under the rule of the British Empire, this just gives wider measures to 'tackle' it. The Ugandan president has always been a disgrace as well, been in power nearly 30 years where he's carried out all sorts of human rights abuses and led a government that's always been corrupt, this is just another step to consolidate his power

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Originally Posted by Zee (Post 6732422)

Sending aid to Uganda is as good as advocating their various abuses of human rights. Stopping aid won't hurt the politicians but it'll hurt the people who can oust the politicians and demand change.

Until they change their ways I'd rather the aid goes to a country that isn't completely and utterly backwards.

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Originally Posted by Dezzy (Post 6732579)

Or, more likely, the people will be in desperate need of food, drinking water and whatever else they need, see that the British are withholding those things because of something the vast majority of people probably aren't concerned with and think "**** those guys." Sending aid to Uganda is keeping those in need just about alive. There are far better ways to tackle problematic governments than by targeting the innocent citizens being oppressed by it. You wouldn't want benefits cut to people who need them the most in this country in order to get the government to do something else, so why would you apply that logic to another country? It's not like I don't get where you're coming from, it's just I don't see how you can think it would ever realistically achieve what you're hoping it would, when all it would do is hurt the people who need that aid and not change anything when clearly it's about ideology with these people, they fundamentally think being gay is a crime. They won't change their minds so easily.

This honestly isn't shocking or surprising to me really. This is a large part of the African mentality unfortunately. It's not every African obviously, but this sort of thing is normal in that region. A few of my family members back in Nigeria see homosexuality as a crime and even think Jail is "too soft. Would they be different if they lived here? Perhaps, but even my Friend's parents in this country pretty much stopped talking to him when he came out.

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Originally Posted by Zee (Post 6732592)

You can't reap the benefits of aid from other countries while alienating a large part of them at the same time. If any lives are lost because of a lack of aid then it's the Ugandan government's fault for offending the nations that were offering them help.

We don't send aid to North Korea so why would we send it to another country that's neck deep in Human Rights abuse?