Say no to homosexuality

After all that good news today I have a story that's a downer. Tim McCarthy describes himself as a gay video historian. He travels the world to record our stories "as a gift for our sisters and brothers 100 years from now. This is a time of firsts for LGBTI people around the world, including the mounting homophobic backlash. I have been to 90 countries and all 7 continents, so far."

Great, yes? This particular story is about his visit to Uganda. He attended the day of National Thanksgiving held in response to the signing of the nasty anti-gay law. A big part of this story is getting into the event. He's white and wasn't on the approved list of journalists. He had to spend the day as a member of an ex-gay organization, including wearing a shirt with the slogan, "Say no to homosexuality, change is possible." Even with such a shirt he felt the anger of the crowd and he and his colleagues felt unsafe. Each of those colleagues was ready with a story of how he had been seduced into the gay life by a foreigner. The program was several hours long and it was difficult to hear that much hate speech.. He ends by saying, "I know in my heart that this was the beginning of a LGBTI genocide in Uganda."