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Uganda’s Legalized Persecution of LGBTQ+ / Personal & Public Health Threats

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Uganda’s Legalized Persecution of LGBTQ+ / Personal & Public Health Threats

Recorded in June 2023, Yvette Raphael and Ben Plumley catch up with Dr. Frank Mugisha, a leading Ugandan advocate at the forefront of the fight against the country’s persecution of…
February 18, 2024

Uganda’s Legalized Persecution of LGBTQ+ / Personal & Public Health Threats

Recorded in June 2023, Yvette Raphael and Ben Plumley catch up with Dr. Frank Mugisha, a leading Ugandan advocate at the forefront of the fight against the country’s persecution of the LGBTQ+ community. After the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill became law in Uganda, Frank explains the direct threats to the safety of the LGBTQ+ Ugandans and their supporters. He points to the outsize funding and influence of Western, particularly North American, right-wing Christian evangelists. The conversation serves, not only as an insight into the growing anti-rights movement that targets women’s as well as LGBTQ+ rights, but also a call to action to other pro-rights African leaders to stand up and be counted. How can the end of AIDS be achieved by 2030, if disproportionately affected communities are persecuted and driven underground?

 

https://smuginternational.org

 

https://www.state.gov/pepfar

 

https://www.unaids.org/en

 

A future free from AIDS for everyone, everywhere

 

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#LGBTQ #Uganda #anti-homosexualitylaw #HIV #AIDS #marginalisedcommunities #neocolonialism #extremism #Africansolidarity 

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