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A forum for the promotion of LGBT rights is hosted in Kigali, Rwanda, in order to address minority rights. At the forum, a Rwandan man describes being assaulted by family members when he came out as gay. The forum also documented and urged the governments of Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and Kenya to decriminalize homosexuality and protect the minority.
2021-09-10

Local human rights activists in Uganda petition President Yoweri Museveni not to sign a controversial bill against gay sex into law as it could increase discrimination and hate crimes and incite violence against gay men. The bill further criminalizes homosexuality by punishing "penetration of another person’s anus" with up to 10 years' imprisonment. Richard Lusimbo, a 34-year-old activist, says that even people suspected of being gay will be attacked if the bill comes into effect.
2021-07-29

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican body responsible for promulgating Catholic doctrine, rules that priests cannot bless same-sex unions or marriages, calling any such blessing "not licit".
2021-03-15

Ugandan police release theatre producer David Cecil on bail after charging him in connection with the staging of "The River and the Mountain", a play which references homosexuality. His court date is 18 October, with a two year jail sentence possible.
2012-09-17

Gay rights activists hack the website of the Ugandan prime minister over the government's stance towards homosexuality.
2012-08-16

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals orders the Obama administration to cease its enforcement of the ban on gay men and women in the military ("Don't ask, don't tell").
2011-07-6

A court in Uganda orders a newspaper to cease publishing the names and photographs of people it says are homosexual, following attacks on homosexuals in the past month.
2010-11-1

At least 21 people died and a dozen more seriously injured in a bus accident in Nwoya district, northwestern Uganda.
2010-10-24

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni urges the government to reconsider the anti-homosexuality bill being debated due to "foreign policy issues".
2010-01-13

The Ugandan death penalty for homosexuality may be declared "not necessary".
2010-01-8