Video: On being gay in Uganda

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KAMPALA, Uganda — The world’s attention has focused on Uganda because of the "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" currently before its parliament. The bill calls for life imprisonment and even the death penalty for having gay sex.

President Yoweri Museveni has distanced himself from the bill.

With this video you can see for yourself what life is like for gays in Uganda.

See GlobalPost’s project "Rainbow Planet" on gay rights around the world.

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