Ugandan newspaper names ‘200 top homos’ 24 hours after president signs anti-gay law
Yesterday, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed a new law that makes homosexuality a crime punishable by life in prison.
It took only 24 hours for the witch-hunt to begin.
Red Pepper, a Ugandan tabloid, kicked it off with this cover, which claims to out the "200 top homos" in the country.
It's not the first time a Ugandan paper published the names of allegedly gay Ugandans. In 2010, Rolling Stone (obviously no affiliation with the music and culture magazine) published a cover story titled "100 pictures of Uganda's top homos leak." That story was accompanied with a small banner headline: "Hang them."
If you're so inclined, you can e-mail the editor of Red Pepper at editor@redpepper.co.ug and tweet @RedPepperUG.
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