Hannah Taiwo '25
There are many countries like Kenya, Sudan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia that have made it a crime for a person to publicly claim that they are a part of the LGBTQ+ community, but Uganda is the most recent country to do so.
Uganda's parliament passed a law making it a crime to identify as a member of the LGBTQ community and ordered harsh penalties for anyone who engages in same-sex activities. In addition to this, the law bans promoting homosexuality, and conspiracy to engage in it.
There are severe penalties towards anyone who does not abide by this law, including death and life in prison. Ugandan Lawmaker David Bahati expressed his support for this law, saying “Our creator God is happy about what is happening, supports the bill that protects the future of our children.’’
Uganda is notorious for their strict views on sexuality and intolerance towards homosexuality. Same sex relations are legal in only 22 of 54 African countries.
In response to this bill being passed, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk urged Uganda's president to reconsider: “If signed into the law by the president, it will render lesbian, gay, and bisexual people in Uganda criminals for simply existing, for being who they are.”
The United States asked the president of Uganda Museveni to reject what they called an “appalling’’ anti-gay bill.
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