Pride Month has begun just days after Uganda passed some of the world’s harshest anti-gay laws. Redmond Shannon explains what’s considered a crime, the punishment, how members of Uganda’s LGBTQ2 community are looking to flee, and why the new legislation will affect some some Ugandan refugee claims are assessed in Canada.
- Ottawa urged to step up against homophobic laws in Uganda, Ghana
- Uganda anti-LGBTQ2 law blasted by Canada, allies: ‘Abhorrent’
- Uganda criminalizes identifying as LGBTQ2, with death penalty for some offences