Anti-Homosexuality Act

Parliament Speaker Anita Among and two supporters at Mothers Day Breakfast. (Photo courtesy of Parliament of Uganda)
U.S.-sanctioned for corruption, a Uganda leader cites anti-gay stance
MP Asumani Basalirwa is the new face of homophobia in the Parliament of Uganda. (Photo courtesy of the Parliament of Uganda)
Anti-gay Ugandan parliament leader blames lawmaker’s defeat on his anti-gay stance
Arua city official Job Richard Matua claims that the defendants will flee if they are released on bail. (Photo courtesy of YouTube)
Uganda: Two women yanked back into prison for kissing
Uganda releases two women arrested for kissing
Ugandan police arrest 2 women for kissing in public
Edward Mwebaza, executive director of Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF), addresses the media. (Photo courtesy of HRAPF)
Uganda drops the first case brought under its Anti-Homosexuality Act
Anita Among, speaker of Uganda's parliament
Backlash against Uganda Parliament Speaker over homophobic remarks
Uganda urged to repeal anti-gay law to combat HIV
Sharon Slater, president of Family Watch International, meets with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in April 2023. (Photo courtesy of X)
Anti-gay Family Watch denies ‘any role’ in Uganda’s harsh law. But it fed Uganda’s homophobia.
Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum legal aid clinic in the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement in Uganda in 2020.
Anti-LGBTIQ violence in Uganda continues to worsen, report says
Uganda's Kenneth-Mwehonge at the IAS2025 conference in Kigali, Rwanda.
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act has devastated fight against HIV
Mukami Kariuki, the World Bank's country manager for Uganda. (Photo courtesy of New Vision)
World Bank says all Ugandans must benefit from its financing
Most of the mothers DW spoke with are devoutly religious and meet regularly to share advice, pray, and support each other. (Photo courtesy of DW)
Uganda: Mothers defy anti-gay law to support children
Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament Anita Among was a forceful advocate of the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023. She “single-handedly turned the lives of LGBTQ Ugandans into living hell when she facilitated the ‘Kll the Gays Law of 2023", said activist Sarah Mutiga. (Abubaker Lubowa photo courtesy of Reuters/WSJ) (Abubaker Lubowa photo courtesy of Reuters/WSJ)
Number of victims of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act keeps growing
Apako Williams (Photo courtesy of Kuchu Times)
USAID cuts push Uganda’s trans community to the brink
World Bank President Ajay Banga (Photo courtesy of AP)
World Bank ends Ugandan loan ban that sought to end LGBTQ repression