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LGBTQ+ activists to demonstrate against Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill

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LGBTQ+ activists in the UK will join with a grassroots coalition of LGBTQ+ rights, health and asylum groups in protesting Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill.

On 25 April at 5:30pm, they will hold a peaceful demonstration outside the Uganda House in Trafalgar Square, London to show their opposition to the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill.

In its current form, the legislation would see capital and life-imprisonment sentences for gay sex, up to 14 years for what it describes as “attempted” homosexuality and 20 years for “recruitment, promotion and funding” of same-sex “activities”.

Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, refused to sign the bill, instead returning it to Parliament with an order that it be made even harsher.

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