The African culture does not recognize anything homosexual
in nature, so it came as part of a reprieve when a law punishing homosexual
acts with life in prison was annulled last year in Uganda, after strong international
pressure.
The Law might have been annulled but the public’s attitude to
homosexuals have not changed, so on Saturday hundreds of Ugandans gathered for
a gay-rights march along the shores of Lake Victoria.
About 400 people, some trying to mask their identities by
covering their faces, turned up for the March in Entebbe, southwest of the
Ugandan capital Kampala, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Homosexuality remains illegal in Uganda. Social attitudes
toward the LGBT community have also grown increasingly negative in recent
years. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has even encouraged individuals to
report any “suspicious” homosexual activity, the Guardian reports.
The Journal reports that some things have gotten easier for
the LGBT community — they no longer have to deal with frequent police raids,
while eviction rates of gay tenants have also slowed. But conservative
lawmakers have vowed to reinstate the law mandating life in prison.
“We’re happy the government realized there are more pressing
issues than people’s sexual orientation,” Kasha Jacqueline, who took part in
the march, told the Journal. “But the struggle continues.”
Source: www.time.com
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