Uganda

Uganda: US evangelicals spread homophobia

A rising tide of homophobic aggression in Uganda has divided religious leaders. At the root of the problem, Western missionaries have been spreading anti-gay sentiment and dividing the community. Homosexuality has been illegal in Uganda since British colonisation in the late 19th century. However, many Ugandans trace the current crisis to March 5, 2009, when right-wing evangelical missionaries from the US held a three-day conference at the Triangle Hotel in Kampala.

Uganda: 鈥業 cannot go back in the closet鈥

Frank Mugisha, chair of the NGO Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMU), is no stranger to receiving threats because of his sexual orientation, a November 5 Amnesty International statement said. 鈥淏ut when a Ugandan tabloid published his personal details in October and called for him and others to be hanged for 鈥榬ecruiting children鈥欌, the statement posted on Amnesty.org continued, 鈥渉e knew there would be a struggle ahead 鈥 on the streets and in the courts鈥.