Ugandan president Museveni has signed the anti-gay bill. It doesn't contain the death penalty that was a part of the bill for the years it sat in Parliament. Instead, it does include lifetime imprisonment (and in some Ugandan prisons there isn't much difference). The text of the approved version of the bill is now available. It is quite encompassing. And nasty.
Five years ago today Jim Burroway of Box Turtle Bulletin was the first Western news source to report that American Fundies put on a three-day anti-gay conference in Uganda. It was this conference full of fiery rhetoric that prompted anti-gay rallies, vigilante campaigns, rising violence, and blackmail that culminated in this anti-gay bill.
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