Ugandas Anti-gay Laws Essay - 1026 Words

There has been an increase of gays all over the world in the last few generations. Some countries have become accepting to it, but others are not having any of it and Uganda, a country in East Africa, is one of them. Uganda has passed severe laws for an anti-gay country. Some laws as severe as life in prison or death sentence. The U.S. should step in and act as an International police force before things get too out of hand because nobody should be put to death or spend lifetime in prison for being who they are. Uganda began to see gay rights as a problem. Yoweri Museveni, the president of Uganda, is disgusted with the outbreak of homosexuality in his country and he wants LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) extinguished.†¦show more content†¦Without the involvement of the American Evangelicals things maybe could’ve been different. Roger Ross Williams said, â€Å"The Anti-Homosexuality Bill would never have come about without the involvement of the American Fun damental Evangelicals† (Walker 30). Ever since the Anti-Homosexuality Bill was on the agenda, Ugandan LGBT have been â€Å"living in constant fear of discovery and prosecution† (â€Å"Persecuted† 4). A man named David Kato was a gay living in Uganda. He was beaten with a hammer and died because he was gay. He was also involved in a Rolling Stones Magazine article. There was a picture of Kato and two other gay man with a banner on top that said, â€Å"Hang Them,† which was use as a statement to hang ALL the gays of Uganda. David Kato believed there were two different ways to react to being gay. One way was to be as secretive about it as possible. Or the other way was to be not ashamed of it. Kato was proud to be gay even though it was risky, especially in the country of Uganda with all the new Anti-Homosexuality Bills. 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