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Health Care Workers Must Out LGBT Ugandans, According to New Guidelines
According to the Advocate, a new revision of draft guidelines for Ugandan health care workers will potentially require them to report an LGBT patient to the authorities. As Buzzfeed reports, the...
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Activist who was subject of Call Me Kuchu applying for asylum in US
John "Longjones" Abdallah Wambere, who was presented the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary for his role in Call Me Kuchu, is applying for asylum in the United States. He and his attorneys...
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Anti-Gay Ugandan to lead UN? Not if Milton Allimadi can help it
So much of what is happening to LGBT Ugandans leaves U.S. advocates feeling helpless. Very close to home, however, New York based Ugandan advocate Milton Allimadi is helping to lead the fight right now...
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White House takes action against Uganda's anti-LGBT laws
The Obama Administration has taken actions to address Uganda's draconian laws. Uganda's anti-LGBT act was first introduced in 2009 and was officially signed into law by President Museveni in February...
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VIDEOS: John Oliver interviews Pepe Julian Onziema, calling him "the Ghandi...
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver focused on how far the United States has come in terms of LGBT equality, especially compared to other countries like Uganda. Oliver briefly discussed some of the...
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Uganda's Constitutional Court strikes down draconian anti-LGBT law
Uganda's Constitutional Court has struck down the infamous anti-LGBT law, once dubbed the "kill the gays" bill for discussion about the death penalty for LGBT people. The court ruled that the law was...
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Al Jazeera examines US evangelical aid groups as Uganda's anti-LGBT law is...
In a recent Al Jazeera article, author James Kassaga Arinaitwe combines contemporary historical analysis with his personal accounts as a Ugandan in a powerful editorial about Christian influences on...
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Uganda: LGBT Ugandans march for equality as the anti-LGBT law becomes...
After the Ugandan court invalidated a controversial anti-gay law, approximately 200 people gathered at the botanical gardens in the lakeside town of Entebbe on August 9th to march for LGBT equality....
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Uganda signs law criminalizing HIV transmission
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed a bill into law criminalizing HIV transmission, ignoring the warnings of public health activists who say the law will make will only further spread the...
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Where are the least and most hospitable places in the world to be gay?
Gallup, using a worldwide poll, found that 28% of adults describe their areas as "a good place" to live as an openly gay or lesbian person, based on hospitable attitudes in 123 countries.The most...
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Anti-LGBT activist wishes the US punished LGBT people by life imprisonment,...
Longtime anti-LGBT activist Peter LaBarbera, who worked for the Family Research Council and Concerned Women For America and the Illinois Family Institute before going it alone with his own Americans...
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All Access: Ugandan LGBT advocate Clare Byarugaba talks LGBT inequality
GLAAD's new video series, "GLAAD: All Access," features interviews with news-makers, hit-makers, and people making a difference. The first interview was with Emmy-nominated actress and advocate,...
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Renewed push for harsher anti-LGBT law in Uganda
After a controversial version of the Ugandan anti-gay law, known as the "jail the gays" law, was ruled unconstitutional by the Uganda's constitutional court this August, anti-gay sentiment in the...
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Scott Lively claims homosexuality worse than mass murder 'from God's...
Notorious anti-LGBT activist and recent Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Scott Lively is doubling down on recent claims that homosexuality is worse than genocide. In a lengthy "explanation," the...
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GLAAD Global Voices stories from 2014
More than ever, LGBT advocacy took on an international flavor in 2014. Take a look at some of the biggest LGBT stories from 2014.RussiaTensions were already high in the months leading up to the Winter...
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VIDEO: Ugandan LGBT advocate Frank Mugisha says allies change public perception
This week on GLAAD's video series, GLAAD: All Access, host Claire Pires interviewed Ugandan LGBT advocate Frank Mugisha about the current state of LGBT people in Uganda. Pires spoke with Mugisha on...
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GLAAD @ Work: Tig Notaro, #ATuLado, MTV.com, and more
GLAAD's Weekly Update on News, Entertainment and Online Media. To subscribe, click here.#ATuLado gains Spanish-speaking allies in #GotYourBack campaignLGBT people and allies are voicing support for...
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Ugandan LGBT publication, Bombastic Magazine, is making a huge impact
After Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2014, intolerance, aggression, and persecution for the LGBT community increased immensely. A new Ugandan LGBT publication, Bombastic Magazine, is looking to...
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Ugandan Pride event raided, LGBT leaders arrested
GLAADThis evening, Ugandan police raided a Uganda Pride event being held at a club called "Venom" in the city of Kampala.Among those arrested are Dr. Frank Mugisha and Pepe Julian Onziema, leaders of...
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If Grenell's global campaign is working, someone forgot to tell LGBTQ Ugandans
Much has been written lately regarding Ric Grenell, the out gay conservative who the Trump administration has tapped as the acting Director of National Intelligence. The thrust of most reporting has...
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