LGBT rights in Uganda

A man reads a publication by a civil society coalition on human rights and constitutional law in Kampala.

Uganda’s anti-homosexuality law could be overturned in the courts

Justice

The Anti-Homosexuality Act passed in December in Uganda criminalized being gay or even promoting gay rights. Now a case that might repeal the law is working through the Ugandan Constitutional Court.The Anti-Homosexuality Act passed in December in Uganda criminalized being gay or even promoting gay rights. Now a case that might repeal the law is working through the Ugandan Constitutional Court.

A resident walks along a street on the banks of the Songhua River near a highway bridge on a hazy day in Jilin, Jilin province, on February 25, 2014

The air pollution in China is being compared to nuclear winter — and one man is trying a lawsuit to change that

Global Scan
An asylum seeker from Uganda covers her face with a paper bag in order to protect her identity as she marches with the LGBT Asylum Support Task Force during the Gay Pride Parade in Boston, Massachusetts June 8, 2013.

Uganda’s gay community is one step away from a new reality — being illegal

Global Politics

Uganda anti-gay bill ‘shelved’

Conflict & Justice
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Homophobia in Uganda

Global Politics
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The Prayer Campaign for a Slain Ugandan Gay Rights Activist

Conflict & Justice

Bishop Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church, talks about his “Prayer for David Kato” campaign. Pepe Julian Onziema, a gay rights activist and close friend of David Kato’s joins us from Uganda.

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