Mixed feelings trail Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ laws

A harsh anti-gay law with the death penalty was signed into law in Uganda on Monday by the country’s president, enshrining a growing campaign against L.G.B.T.Q. people in the conservative East African country and rejecting widespread calls to veto one of the strictest anti-gay laws in existence.

The penalty for having homosexual intercourse is life in jail, according to the legislation. Anyone who seeks to engage in same-sex relationships faces a maximum sentence of ten years in jail.

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