Uganda Fails Its People With Queerphobic Bans

Raafeke
2 min readMar 27, 2023
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On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, Uganda made headlines after passing laws that deemed identifying as LGBT+ punishable by 20 years in prison. While 36 out of Africa’s 54 countries have long-standing laws that criminilize homosexuality, none have ever been as strict as Uganda’s. Western nations have been quick to condemn the country’s new ruling, as have human rights and LGBT organizations across the African…

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Raafeke

West Indian 🇬🇾🇬🇩. New Yorker. I write when I feel called to do so. Check out my book, “Radiance Lost” on Amazon and my podcast, "Parrotbeetie".