VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – The International Association of LGBTI Pride Organizers (InterPride) has condemned the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill that the Ugandan government has committed to pass by the end of 2012. The bill will ensure that homosexuality is treated as a serious criminal offense and includes, but is not limited to introducing the death penalty…
KAMPALA, Uganda – The speaker of the Ugandan Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has promised to speed up the debate on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Kadaga made the statement as she addressed religious leaders and journalists at Entebbe International Airport last week. She stated, “They said I should stop the debate on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill but I assured…
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…
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) — The Ugandan government said Wednesday it will ban at least 38 nongovernmental agencies it says are promoting gay rights and recruiting children into homosexuality. “We have investigated them thoroughly and we have found their sponsors,” said Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo. “We will ask them to step aside and stop pretending to…
CURRENT WORLD AFFAIRS QUESTION: What do Russia, Uganda and Nigeria have in common? Other than the fact that all three are oil-producing countries (albeit Uganda as a fledgling oil producer), they are all involved in creating legislation banning homosexuality in one way or another. While Sharia law courts in northern Nigeria have already sentenced people…
Joseph Bukombe, a San Diego man, has been in detention for two years because his attorney was unable to prove to the court that Joseph was a gay man and by returning to his native Uganda, it would endanger his life. Even though Joseph’s story attracted publicity and a petition organized by his friend Hector…
Under Obama’s leadership, the United States will prioritize gay rights as an international issue, The New York Times is reporting. The efforts will be funded by American foreign aid. The new initiative is likely to exasperate relations with countries who do not support homosexuality including Saudi Arabia. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reiterated Obama’s…
KAMPALA, Uganda – The man who killed leading gay rights activist David Kato has been convicted by a court in Uganda and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Ugandan Sidney Nsubunga Enoch told the court that he had no option but to beat Kato to death with a hammer because the gay activist had propositioned…
