Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed a law passed by parliament that criminalizes “LGBT propaganda” and toughens existing penalties for same-sex relationships.

According to the new law, same-sex sexual relations will be punishable by up to life in prison, and if the person being persecuted is an HIV carrier, by death. For an “attempt” at homosexual intercourse, a prison sentence of up to 14 years is provided. Up to 20 years in prison will be imposed for “recruiting, promoting and financing” LGBTQ+ “activities.”

Parliament passed the bill back in March. Then, among other anti-LGBTQ+ measures, the law criminalized people's self-identification as LGBTQ+. In April, Museveni sent the document for revision, after which the provision on self-identification was removed from the text.

In March, news of the law's passage in parliament sparked a wave of arrests, evictions, and attacks against LGBTQ+ women.

LGBTK+ rights in Uganda

spoke out against anti-LGBTQ+ laws The organization Sexual Minorities Uganda . Its leader, Frank Mugisha, said Uganda's parliament is "obsessed with passing laws affecting people's privacy" and that such legislation would "increase the vulnerability of LGBT people."
Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard said that criminalizing consensual same-sex sex violates human rights: the right to dignity, equality before the law, equal protection under the law and protection from discrimination.
The British colonial government was the first to introduce homophobic legislation in Uganda.

Ugandan President signs anti-LGBTQ+ law into law