(CNN) — A British theater producer who was briefly jailed in Uganda because of his play about the challenges facing gay people in the African nation said Wednesday the case against him had been dropped. Homosexual acts are illegal in Uganda, where most gays and lesbians face physical attacks and are treated as social outcasts….
(CNN) – Lawmakers in Uganda are preparing to vote on a new anti-homosexuality bill that proposes tough jail sentences for consensual same-sex behavior. Homosexual acts are already illegal in the East African nation, where most gays and lesbians face physical attacks and are treated as social outcasts, but the new bill proposes harsher penalties. Uganda‘s…
David Cecil, producer of “The River and the Mountain,” a play said to have been created to spark conversations about homosexuality in the African nation of Uganda, has drawn the ire of that country’s law-enforcement officials and higher-ups in government, as well as in the powerful church leadership there. The various parties’ displeasure at Cecil’s…
