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In this week’s guide to looking informed at brunch, we strike a Pose while waiting for Ryan Murphy’s new show, and celebrate GLAAD’s celebration of Britney
While the original Uganda anti-gay law was struck down in 2014, politicians want to bring back the ‘Kill the Gays’ bill for another go
When it comes to dastardly named pieces of anti-gay legislation, Tennessee’s Don’t Say Gay Bill and Minnesota’s No Homo Promo may be tops in the U.S., but across the Atlantic Ocean Uganda’s Kill The Gays Bill frighteningly reigns supreme. With the high profile murder of LGBT activist David Kato following the Ugandan[…]
Ghana is giving Uganda a run for their money in the Worst Place to be Gay contest. While the “rounding up” of all homosexuals in the country’s western parts isn’t quite Kill the Gays Bill level sensational, it’s hard to ignore the Holocaust parallels here. Ghana’s Western Region Minister, Paul[…]
UPDATE: The United States has stepped in to restore the protection for sexual minorities. Tomorrow is International Day Against Homophobia, and apparently the United Nations is celebrating by implicitly allowing killing of gays by stripping protections from sexual minorities. Last week, the tiny West African nation of Benin proposed an amendement[…]
Gay blogs have been writing about Uganda’s Kill The Gays Bill for a year or so now. The despicable piece of legislation is finally sliding into home, with a vote by Uganda’s Parliament expected to come this week. If this is news to you, or you just need to freshen[…]
Many a gay blog was up in arms last year about Uganda’s proposed hateful Kill The Gays Bill, which could punish those accused of homosexual acts with the death penalty. Well, it’s back. And it could become law as early as Tuesday. A vote is expected to happen in the[…]
Remember the so-called Kill the Gays Bill being floated in Uganda? Well, it’s bouncing back to Parliament for debate when the Ugandan House resumes business next week. The bill seeks to criminalize homosexual acts, and institute the death penalty for those who commit “aggravated homosexuality,” whatever the hell that is.[…]
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