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Ugandan LGBTI community marks 1 year after overturn of anti-gay law
Several dozen members of Ugandan’s LGBTI community marked gay pride on Saturday at the Entebbe Botanical Gardens just outside the capital Kampala.
About 100 marchers holding rainbow flags and banners marched a short distance as music blared, according to media reports.
‘We are here to send a message to the wider population that we do exist and we want rights like any other Ugandan,’ said Moses Kimbugwe, one of the marchers. ‘We think this is a step moving forward.’
Just a year ago LGBTI people were at risk of long jail terms including life sentences for ‘aggravated homosexuality’.
For several years, Uganda attracted a storm of international condemnation after enacting one of the harshest anti-gay laws in Africa.
A constitutional court last year overturned the law because of legal technicalities.
Several lawmakers have since threatened to re-introduce anti-gay laws in parliament.
LGBTI Ugandans continue to live secretive lives as being openly gay is more than likely to attract stigma and hostility from family and society.
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Sylvia Tan
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