Rainbow tower removed from playground after parents claim it’s ‘satanic’
metro.co.ukpic.twitter.com/u4F6NaerY3There have been no prosecutions for same-sex relationships in recent years, but the country’s government recently launched an initiative to investigate the alleged promotion of LGBTQ+ rights in Ugandan schools.
The move followed after the regional government in Kasese, Western Uganda, attracted national ire for supposed plans to introduce legislation that would recognise the rights of sexual minorities.
Last year, authorities shut down Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), a leading rights group in the country, over spurious claims the organisation was acting illegally.
How Alan Turing still casts his genius in the age of cyberwarThe long, tragic history of the Aids epidemic - and how far we've got to goOne arrested after far-right protest erupts outside drag queen's children eventSMUG had been active for almost fifteen years, with some of its notable successes including a court order obtained against a national newspaper in 2010 to prevent editors from publishing the names of gay Ugandan men under the headline ‘Hang Them.’Responding to the recent decision by Entebbe authorities to remove the tower from the children’s playground, Emmanuel Mugabe, a representative of the National Parents’ Association of Uganda, told AFP: ‘We are happy the rainbow painting has been removed before we removed it ourselves.’He further described the climbing frame’s colour-scheme as ‘satanic’ and warned that it signalled the ‘invasion of homosexuality through manipulation of children’s minds.’Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.For more stories like this, check our news page.Privacy Policy.
