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Canada aids foes of Uganda’s anti-gay bill
The National Post, based in Ontario, Canada, reports: Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird (Photo by Andrew Rusk via Wikimedia Commons) Canada is quietly financing a concerted grassroots effort...
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Uganda ‘Kill the Gays’ bill remains a threat, just off stage
Uganda parliament building Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which failed to reach the floor of parliament in the sessions of 2009 and 2012, remains in the wings this year, awaiting action that LGBT...
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Uganda: No ‘Kill the Gays’ bill until April
Rebecca Kadaga, speaker of Ugandan parliament Opponents of Uganda’s so-called “Kill the Gays” bill got a break this week, as Rebecca Kadaga, speaker of the parliament, declared a recess until after...
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Uganda’s David Bahati rebuffs Kennedy human rights team
[Correction: The first version of this article stated that Ugandan legislator David Bahati refused to meet with visitors from the R.F. Kennedy Center. Apparently he did meet with them, but rejected...
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Uganda’s slow progress toward LGBT rights
Insightful commentary in Gay Star News from Jamaican (and international) LGBT activist Maurice Tomlinson about slow progress in Uganda: Maurice Tomlinson (Photo courtesy of Macalester.edu) Though...
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‘Kill the Gays’ law wouldn’t end Danish aid to Uganda
A Danish official on a visit to Uganda said last week that his country will not cut off aid to the country even if Uganda enacts the harsh Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Christian Friis Bach (Photo by Mogens...
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Crucifixion pained Mary; Easter protest pained Kato’s mom
David Kato in scene from the movie “Call Me Kuchu” Today, Easter Sunday, a group of Ugandan Christian leaders organized an anti-homosexuality parade near the home of the mother of slain LGBT activist...
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Ugandan activists win a battle vs. anti-gay U.S. pastor
The Center for Constitutional Rights reports: Scott Lively (Photo courtesy of Towleroad.com) August 14, 2013, Springfield, MA – Today, in a first-of-its kind case brought by a Ugandan LGBTI advocacy...
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Positive steps in Ugandan fight against AIDS among LGBTs
Efforts are under way to improve HIV prevention efforts for LGBT people in Uganda who are included among those most at risk of infection. In one initiative, The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) hosted...
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Ugandan anti-gay bill — a self-contradictory mess
Ugandan parliament passes the Anti-Homosexuality bill, but was a quorum present? (Photo courtesy of YouTube) Uganda’s notorious Anti-Homosexuality Bill isn’t just draconian. It’s also a...
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