Uganda’s parliament on Tuesday passed a law criminalizing identifying as LGBTQ, giving authorities sweeping powers to target Ugandan gay people who already face legal discrimination and mob violence. have been
More than 30 African countries, including Uganda, have already banned same-sex relationships. The new law is the first to recognize only people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ), according to the rights group Human Rights Watch.
Supporters of the new law say it needs to punish a wider range of LGBTQ activities, which they say threaten traditional values in the conservative and religious East African nation.
In addition to same-sex intercourse, the law also prohibits promoting and inciting homosexuality, as well as conspiracy to engage in homosexuality.