A year on from the passing of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act, Kuchu Times’ Ruth Muganzi reflects on the origins of the queerphobia which led to its creation.

WORDS BY RUTH MUGANZI HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN After lobbying from the US evangelical Christian movement, the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) was enacted in Uganda in May 2023.

Although same-sex activity was already illegal, from then on LGBTQIA+ life in Uganda has been subject to even harsher restrictions.

These include punitive prison sentences – twenty years for the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality and life imprisonment for homosexual acts – as well as the death penalty for instances of so-called ‘aggravated homosexuality’.

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