Uganda’s infamous Anti-Homosexuality Bill — dubbed the “Kill the Gays” bill — was reintroduced in parliament on Tuesday. The original version of the bill, first introduced in 2009, included harsh penalties, including the the death penalty for some homosexual acts.
The bill, authored by MP David Bahati, was intended to strengthen Uganda’s already-harsh laws against homosexuality, but instead received worldwide condemnation from many countries including the U.S., and LGBT and human rights advocacy groups.
Though widely supported in Uganda, the bill’s has remained in limbo since last May, when parliament adjourned without debating or voting on the controversial bill.
The proposed legislation, in its orginal form, called for the death penalty for active homosexuals living with HIV or in cases of same-sex rape. “Serial offenders” also would face capital punishment. Anyone convicted of a homosexual act would face life imprisonment.
The bill could also lead to the imprisonment for up to three years of anyone, including heterosexual people, who fail to report within 24 hours the identities of anyone they know who is LGBT, or who supports the human rights of people who are.
Bahati had announced last year that the death penalty clause had been removed from the bill, although no new version was ever publicly released.
Uganda is one of more than 35 African nations that have outlawed homosexuality.
Human rights activists say Uganda, with a population of 31 million, has an estimated 500,000 gays and lesbians, and that the LGBT community continues to live in fear.
Bahati has said that homosexuality poses a serious threat to family values and that his bill has helped raise public awareness about what he calls “the dangers to our children.”
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REMOVE “ALL” AID TO THE COUNTRY
THIS IS SICK.
boycott uganda
Not cool! We had Rev. Kiyimba from Kampala, Uganda speak on our campus about all this. He is the reverend of an open and affirming church there and has gotten lots of governmental back lash for his stance on lgbt issues. So he is currently traveling around the US trying to seek support from people until it is safe for him to go back,
Wtf what is with these people, there are real issues effecting these countries which they chose not to address but chose to deny equality to another human being.
fuck africa… i dont care what anybody says, that place is a hell hole, and needs to be cleaned out.
Uganda and all countries who have these kind of laws should have their voting power stripped at the United Nations just on general purposes since the UN now recognizes that LGBT rights are human rights.
… Did you really just suggest genocide on another continent? Wow.
Aids is rampant among both hetero and homo people in african countries, and the gays are the ones getting the boot…
I believe in Karma.. may it raise up and bite all the close minded homophobic idiots involved in this ruling. They themselves are unworthy of love.
going backwards…
really think we were back in late 30′s early 40′s of WW2! sad to think we would die to be our selves in Uganda. so wrong!!
thats sooo stupid!!i think that is horriable :9
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Again? Are you kidding me?
Gerald i knw its wrong what they doing about homosexuals in Uganda but u didn’t have 2 say that “hell hole”!!
Who the fuck “liked” this?
love is love bunch of hatefull bastards have nothing more pressing in a third world country to do than mess with free will..jackasses!!
Don’t move there, seems easy enough…
Seriously??????????????????? OMG!!!!!
Cut off all aid. They don’t deserve another fucking cent of it.
Living in America I am so happy because I can truly be myself and not killed for it
Uganda has long been well known for its Progressive social, economic and political agendas. NOT