Uganda enacts severe anti-LGBTQ legislation.
TL;DR
Uganda's parliament has passed a law that criminalizes identifying as LGBTQ, making it the first country to do so. The law bans promoting and abetting homosexuality, conspiracy to engage in homosexuality, and same-sex intercourse. Violations under the law draw steep penalties, including death for so-called aggravated homosexuality and life in prison for gay sex. The legislation will be sent to President Yoweri Museveni to be signed into law.
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