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9 April 2013
UK: Lesbian asylum seeker due to be deported to Uganda on Wednesday 19 An asylum seeker who claims she is at risk of homophobic persecution is due to be deported to Uganda on Wednesday evening.
1 April 2013
Wife of Uganda’s president denies Anti-Homosexuality Bill is designed for persecuting gays 27 First Lady Janet Museveni reportedly told a delegation last month that the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill is not for persecuting gay Ugandans.
19 March 2013
Uganda’s president describes gay people as ‘deviants’ 26 Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni says gay people can be viewed as “deviants” and has accused European countries of trying to promote homosexuality and sexual liberalisation.
8 March 2013
Canadian Government provides funding to Uganda’s embattled LGBT campaigners 7 A leading Canadian newspaper has revealed that Canada is quietly supporting the efforts of LGBT Ugandans in their fight against the country’s proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
8 February 2013
Obama criticised for attending prayer breakfast with group linked with anti-gay Ugandan lawmakers 20 Barack Obama has been criticised for attending the National Prayer Breakfast, a conservative-hosted event with alleged links to Ugandan anti-gay lawmakers, without addressing gay rights.
8 February 2013
Uganda: British producer of gay play faces deportation 5 UK theatre producer David Cecil, who was charged with breaking Uganda’s laws in relation to his play featuring a gay storyline, faces deportation from the country.
7 February 2013
Sweden: Gay couple married in Sweden say their families back home are being harassed 4 Two Ugandan asylum seekers were reunited in Sweden and married last month, but they say their relatives back home are being harassed over the news of their wedding.
6 February 2013
Uganda: ‘Kill the Gays’ bill back on table as Parliament reconvenes 41 The Anti-Homosexuality Bill has appeared on orders of business in the Ugandan Parliament, which reconvened on Tuesday.
8 January 2013
Facebook removes page designed to out gay Ugandans 4 A homophobic Facebook page aimed at outing gay Ugandans has been removed.
2 January 2013
Ugandan preacher issues anti-gay New Year’s message at large-scale rally 16 A preacher in Uganda decided to ring in 2013 by urging the country to pass its lingering Anti-Homosexuality Bill in front of a screaming crowd.
2 January 2013
Uganda: British producer of gay play has charges dropped 3 A Ugandan court has dismissed the case against a British theatre producer who faced two years in jail for staging a play which featured a gay storyline.
28 December 2012
Ugandan bishop: I have never seen homosexuality in my country — only in Europe 53 According to an Anglican Bishop in Uganda, same-sex relationships don’t occur in his country because “African sexual values are completely heterosexual".
19 December 2012
US Pentecostal churches blamed for homophobia ‘surge’ in Africa 25 Extreme elements of the US Pentecostal Church are behind the ‘surge’ in homophobia across Africa, according to human rights groups.
17 December 2012
Uganda’s president: Gay people should not be killed or persecuted 26 Uganda's president has said gay people should not be killed or persecuted as the country’s parliament runs out of time to pass the proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill for this year.
14 December 2012
Source: Uganda’s anti-gay bill misses Christmas deadline as parliament breaks for recess 11 Uganda’s Parliament has closed for the end of year recess without passing the country’s pending Anti-Homosexuality Bill, according to LGBT campaign group AllOut.
14 December 2012
Campaigner: Uganda’s anti-gay bill may not be passed in time for Christmas 7 The executive director of Sexual Minorities Uganda believes the Ugandan Parliament may break up for the year without passing the notorious Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
14 December 2012
Pope gives blessing to Uganda’s anti-gay parliamentary speaker Rebecca Kadaga 90 Pope Benedict XVI has been pictured giving a blessing to Rebecca Kadaga, the Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament, who has promised to pass the country’s notorious Anti-Homosexuality Bill as a “Christmas gift”.
12 December 2012
UK: Home Office threatens to ban Ugandan politicians from entering Britain over anti-gay law 34 The Home Office has indicated that if Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill is passed by the country’s parliament, the UK may ban senior Ugandan politicians from entering Britain.
11 December 2012
Uganda anti-gay law protest takes place outside London embassy + Campaigners have staged a protest outside the Ugandan embassy in London over the country’s pending Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
3 December 2012
Barclays discusses anti-gay bill with Ugandan officials 10 Barclays has raised the subject of Uganda’s pending Anti-Homosexuality Bill with the country’s government, after coming under pressure from the online social activist group Change.org.

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