“Until the U.S. Evangelicals, Lou Engle and Scott Lively went into Uganda preaching anti-gay hate back in 2008, Ugandans tolerated homosexuality, without giving it much attention and Uganda was not on the international LGBT map.” … had to be American Evangelicals!! They do there what they can’t do here …. You think they may be practicing there, before bringing it to America?? I’ve always wondered!! Great read!!!
Despite all odds, the fearless continue …. and the least we can do as an international community is support this imperative statement…
By Melanie Nathan, June 04, 2013.
Last year, despite the climate of fervent anti-gay hostility, Ugandan volunteer LGBT activists accomplished what seemed impossible – they launched the first every Gay Pride celebration in Uganda. Cloaked in secrecy, the Pride preparations began some months in advance, with a core few leading a determined community toward that successful day, which became known as Beach Pride Uganda. Almost a year has passed since, and the community is determined to hold its second such annual event.
After the historic Pride event and the attempts by Minister of Ethics and Integrity, Fr. Simon Lokodo, to shut it down, through a raid and arrests, I wrote an OPED piece for The Advocate, using the photographs of David Robinson. The article went viral, quickly recording…
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