Mandatory HIV testing, mandatory HIV disclosure and criminalization are among the features of the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management Bill that is heading to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni for his approval. If enacted, the bill’s hard-line approach would make it more challenging to halt the AIDS epidemic in Uganda, because it would discourage HIV-positive people from getting … Continue reading
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The rotten roots of Uganda’s anti-gay celebration
LGBT rights activists in Uganda were rattled by the display of widespread anti-gay sentiment and the ill-informed homophobic speech given by President Yoweri Museveni during today’s Parade and Thanksgiving Celebration for the enactment of the country’s harsh new Anti-Homosexuality Act. In his speech, Museveni disregarded the broad scientific consensus that homosexuality is a natural phenomenon, … Continue reading
Prediction: Here’s why Museveni will sign anti-gay bill
The Rev. Canon Kapya Kaoma, an Episcopal priest and a project director at Political Research Associates, wrote this commentary about the influence of Russian homophobia on Africa and what to expect with regard to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda. A native of Zambia, Kaoma wrote the reports Colonizing African Values and Globalizing the Culture Wars. … Continue reading
Uganda school targets 22 students in anti-gay push
While Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni considers whether to sign the harsh Anti-Homosexuality Bill recently passed by parliament, a Ugandan secondary school has expelled nearly two dozen female students for alleged involvement in same-sex relationships. The Ugandan Daily Monitor reported: Iganga school expels 22 students over lesbianism IGANGA- Twenty two students have been expelled for allegedly … Continue reading
Uganda police make arrest, then seek evidence
Police in Kampala have arrested former Uganda Cranes national football team manager Chris Mubiru after he was spotted in the country. He had reportedly fled overseas after photos and videos from a stolen laptop were published showing him allegedly engaging in sexual relations with youths or young men. LGBT activists made clear that they are … Continue reading
In reversal, Catholic Church backs ‘Kill the Gays’ bill?
[Editor’s note from November 2012: In the months since this report appeared, the Roman Catholic Church in Uganda has not publicly backed the “Kill the Gays” bill, nor denounced it. That leaves unclear whether Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga was merely in attendance at the meeting that endorsed the bill, or was actually supportive of it.] … Continue reading
