Anti-Homosexuality Act

Protest in South Africa in April 2023 against Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act (Themba Hadebe photo courtesy of AP / Lapresse)
First Ugandan who faced death penalty for gay sex is out on bail
Vladlen Semivolos, Russian ambassador to Uganda (Abubaker Lubowa photo courtesy of RadioTamazuj)
In Africa, Moscow battles against LGBTQ rights, side by side with U.S. religious conservatives
Joy Ruth Aceng (Photo courtesy of Pulse Uganda)
Canada expels Uganda’s homophobic envoy
A report from Ugandan human rights groups Convening for Equality and its Strategic Response Team highlight a “horrific breadth and depth of abuses” that have occurred as a result of the nation’s 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act. To read the report, click the image. (Image courtesy of Kuchu Times)
Open letter urges World Bank not to resume lending in Uganda
Uganda LGBTI activist honored by Canadian refugee organization
Jim Spire Ssentongo
Uganda Police accused of raping male prisoners
A protest in favour of gay rights in Uganda at the University of Cape Town in July 2023. (Ashraf Hendricks photo courtesy of GroundUp)
Commentary: The World Bank must stand firm against Ugandan homophobia
Jay Mulucha, executive director of FEM Alliance Uganda (Photo courtesy of Rustin Times)
Ugandan trans advocate pleads with international AIDS experts for support
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act challenged at Supreme Court
Members of Congress Mark Takano (left) and Joyce Beatty (right)
U.S. Democrats’ resolution rachets up pressure on Ugandan homophobes
Cover illustration from the latest report on human rights abuses in Uganda.
Landlords now leading abusers of LGBTQI+ persons in Uganda
Europe heaps praise on Uganda, turns a blind eye to Ugandan repression
U.S. Supreme Court in May 2022
U.S. Supreme Court laid foundation for Ugandan ‘Kill the Gays’ ruling
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (Jose Luis Magana photo courtesy of AP)
Ugandan court widely condemned for upholding harsh anti-LGBTQ law
The West fiddles while Uganda prepares a future of anti-LGBTQ horrors
Ugandan top court OKs cruel, flawed Anti-Homosexuality Act