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The Ugandan government announced its plan to reintroduce a bill that would criminalize homosexuality with the death penalty.

The bill—colloquially known as "Kill the Gays" in Uganda—was nullified by the constitutional court in 2014 on a technicality, but the government said it plans to resurrect the bill within weeks.

"Homosexuality is not natural to Ugandans, but there has been a massive recruitment by gay people in schools, and especially among the youth, where they are promoting the falsehood that people are born prefer that," Ethics and Honesty Minister Simon Lokodo told Reuters.

He went on to say that the current penal law is "limited," making it clear that anyone involved in "promotion and recruitment" will be criminalized.

"Those that do morbid acts will be given the death sentence," he said.

Lokodo also said the bill is supported by President Yoweri Museveni. It will be re-introduced in parliament in the coming weeks. He expects a vote to take place before the end of the year.

Uganda faced widespread international condemnation when the previous bill was signed off by Museveni in 2014.

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The Ugandan Parliament passed a law on Tuesday which would, among other draconian provisions, make it illegal for people to identify as LGBTQ. The rule expands on the 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Statute, which when passed (and struck down that same year due to procedural measures), criminalized broad same-sex acts by adults. The fresh 2023 amendment identifies deviators of the law as those whose sexual orientation and gender individuality are “contrary to the binary categories of male and female.”

Uganda is among more than 30 other African countries that criminalize LGBTQ people who already face extreme force just for existing. However, this is the first rule of its compassionate to outlaw simply identifying as LGBTQ, according to the Human Rights View (HRW).

“While we’ve seen momentum toward LGBTQ decriminalization and vocal support from global leaders like Pope Francis, this is a significant step backwards,” said Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD President and CEO. “The LGBTQ collective has always existed in Uganda. Laws criminalizing LGBTQ relationships, identity, and even allyship, will only bring harm on an already marginalized population, along with their friends and fam

Uganda Just Passed ‘Worst in the World’ Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill: Here’s What to Know

Editor's note: This article has been updated to amend some details of what is included in the bill.

The human rights of LGBTQ+ people in Uganda are once again under attack. The country’s parliament just passed an anti-LGBTQ+ bill that the UN high commissioner for human rights described as “among the worst of its kind in the world”.

The bill, which was passed by Uganda’s parliament on Tuesday, March 21, would introduce grave punishments for spotting as LGBTQ+, expressing your sexuality, or even supporting the community.

While same-sex relationships are outlawed in 32 of Africa’s 54 countries (Uganda included), one of the most utmost features of this new bill is "that it criminalizes people simply for being who they are," said Oryem Nyeko, Uganda researcher at Human Rights Watch (HRW).

The recent bill expands on the criminalization of same sex acts, including, for example, touching another person "with the intention of committing the act of homosexuality", according to Human Rights Watch. While it would also implement harsher penalties — including up to 10 years in priso

Why are Kenya and Uganda cracking down on LGBTQ rights?

Kenya and Uganda are moving to further curtail the rights of woman loving woman, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people, whose relationships are already deemed illegal in the conservative East African nations.

After a session lasting nearly seven hours, Ugandan lawmakers approved the Anti-Homosexuality Act on Tuesday, ordering harsh penalties for anyone who engages in same-sex activity.

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While more than 30 African countries including Uganda already disallow same-sex relationships, the unused law passed appears to be the first to outlaw merely identifying as LGBTQ, Human Rights See said.

In Kenya, a February ruling by the Supreme Court upheld verdicts by lower courts stating that the government could not lawfully refuse to register an organisation calling itself the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC).

But President William Ruto and many

Uganda targeting LGBTQ community with hatred and violence: HRW

Uganda’s LGBTQ community is facing intensified persecution following the enactment of harsh anti-gay laws two years ago, according to an international NGO.

In a report released on Monday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Ugandan authorities have “perpetrated widespread discrimination and violence” and “spread misinformation and hatred against LGBT people” since the 2023 law was enacted.

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