Ugandan Newspaper Prints List Of Top 200 Homosexuals In The Country

Ugandan Newspaper Prints
List Of Top 200 Homosexuals
In The Country
A Ugandan newspaper has published a list of what it
called the country’s 200 top homosexuals, outing some
who previously had not identified themselves as gay, a
day after the president passed the anti-gay law. The
Red Pepper tabloid published the names and some
pictures in a front-page story under the headline:
“EXPOSED!”
The list included prominent Ugandan gay activists such
as Pepe Julian Onziema, who has repeatedly warned
that the new law could spark violence. There was also a
popular Ugandan hip-hop star as well as a Catholic
priest. The new law punishes gay sex with up to life in
prison.
The bill originally proposed the death penalty for
aggravated homosexuality, defined as repeated gay sex
between consenting adults and acts involving a minor,
a disabled person or where one partner was infected
with HIV. The law also calls for first-time offenders to
be sentenced to 14 years in jail.
In signing the bill, Ugandan President said the measure
was needed because the west was promoting
homosexuality in Africa. He also accused careless
western groups of trying to recruit Ugandan children
into homosexuality