Comments on: Homo-hatred in Uganda: a gift from US conservative evangelicals

By: American anti-gay extremist finds an audience at Ugandan 50th anniversary of Pentacostalism » Sexuality and Society

Sun, 02 May 2010 00:43:20 +0000

[...] Homo hatred in Uganda: A gift from US conservative evangelicals (Dec. 9 2009). [...]

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Top Ten Sexual Stories of 2009 » Sexuality and Society — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:03:16 +0000

[...] Homo-hater stories, starring: conservative religious anti-gay activists in Uganda and the US! Doug Coe (center), leader of "The [...]

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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:13:15 +0000

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By: Calling out Vile Homophobia » ThickCulture

Calling out Vile Homophobia » ThickCulture — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:58:38 +0000

[...] shout to co-Context blogger Kari Lerum at Sexuality and Society for bringing attention to a vile piece of legislation in the Ugandan Parliament that would allow [...]

By: Kari Lerum

Kari Lerum — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:28:24 +0000

HI Amie, thanks for this link — I had not heard about this.

I was thinking today about the irony of the Matthew Shepard Act being enacted into US law during the same month as this Ugandan bill was introduced. The Ugandan bill qualifies as a Hate Crime under the US hate crimes law. Ugandan leaders who vote for and enforce this law would be put into prison for acting this way in the US. …

Thanks, Amie for your continued work on this and all matters related to reproductive and sexual rights.

Kari

By: Amie Newman

Amie Newman — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:39:50 +0000

Great post, Kari. Thanks so much for writing this up – it’s so helpful to have all of our voices in this discussion. Did you see that a Ugandan church leader (who is HIV positive) has come out and called this bill genocide?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/katine/2009/dec/04/gideon-byamugisha-homosexuality-bill

“Byamugisha said gay people were being used as “scapegoats” for Uganda’s social problems, such as the breakdown of the family unit and rising HIV infection rates, and politicians were using the bill to tap into the prevailing anti-gay mood in the country in the run up to the 2011 elections.”

Thanks for putting this post together!

Amie