How LGBTQ+ flee Uganda's 'Anti-Homosexuality Act' | DW News

A year ago, Uganda enacted one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws. It allows the death penalty for consensual same-sex relations - and left people vulnerable to abuse including torture, rape, and forced eviction. Some Ugandans have fled the country. Edith Kimani reports from neighboring Kenya that these refugees are struggling to survive on the other side of the border.
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[@jeremiahberkshire5788]

Don't forget that they don't only get punished for "same-sex acts", but also for only being gay. Literally, just EXISTING as a queer person is illegal...

[@user-cj3qm9uo5f]

That's horrible, guess they need to dress and act the part, then do the truth in the dark 😉

[@kulefred3050]

Not forgetting that some of them get punished for raping or recruiting vulnerables into the act of Homosexuality by offering them small tokens

[@cookiescream6627]

Shame on uganda and africa for this shame

[@nunyabiznes33]

Wow, even the Russians only went for activists and those they caught congregating in gay bars. Heck, I don't think they were even this strict in the Middle East. I've had gay chatmates that worked there and they we're fine as long as they don't like, date publicly. One chatmate complain his roommate keep bringing new guys over every week.

[@nunyabiznes33]

​@@user-cj3qm9uo5fthat's pretty much how it's it in the Middle East, or so I heard. Just as long as you keep it discreet, most people mind their own business.

[@TsaoneKgomo]

If only Uganda could focus on their child bride situation.

[@Rdlacveg]

Uganda prides itself so much and continuosly cuss US, but it turns out that dey are wor SE in every parameter possible.

[@nomxhosapekani7966]

It's important, for Ugana to police adults having consensual intimacy, instead of grown-up men abusing little girls and the name of child marriage.

[@zidane8452]

This is more important as of now

[@LucidKay9114]

@@zidane8452yes, child and bride

[@zidane8452]

@@LucidKay9114 never said its ok

[@isaidwhatIsaid86]

Praying for lgbt Ugandans. Rights to humanity belong to everyone.

[@JustAnObody812]

No

[@SSS20025]

​@@JustAnObody812ok clown

[@TheJosman]

​@@JustAnObody812 yes, because Christ loves everyone equally regardless of color and orientation.

[@keithmutamba1395]

@@JustAnObody812 how would you feel if you were ostracised for how you were born

[@half-breed]

Making them silent changes nothing, they will still be gay

[@musicnstuff2910]

Exactly

[@user-cj3qm9uo5f]

Exactly, what they think?!

[@ithamarlowe6158]

They aren’t making them silent, they are taking them out ☠️

[@Ethio903]

Facts👏

[@mercuryman1250]

It's a witch hunt so it's a start.

[@sundiataq]

Precolonial Uganda literally had a queer king. King Mwanga II of Buganda was well known to be bisexual. But Africans today will talk about "tradition"... Christianity and Islam are not our original African traditions. This hatred and persecution of sexual minorities is something that was imported from the West during colonial times, and today, we have become so ignorant of our true history, that we call these imposed import religions and their associated bigotry, "tradition"... There are nations in this world exploring space, furthering the boundaries of science and technology, advancing medical science to cure disease etc, and here on the African continent, we are persecuting people for who they are attracted to, for who they fall in love with, something they can't even change about themselves, all the while, we can't even maintain a stable electrical grid, or build a proper road network, or even simply develop functioning sewage systems... Sometimes I think our continent is hopeless...

[@Blodhelm]

We're supposed to pretend that Islam loves the gays, you're breaking the narrative.

[@Sensitive_info]

No

[@edrianbobbycalabio1]

​@@Sensitive_info YES

[@lucasowino9019]

@sundiataq you are so wordy in your statement but I would like to bring to your knowledge that scientifically there is no proof that justifies gayism, no one is born gay. People choose to be gays, we have our cultures, this is so unfrican. If your dad chose to be gay, would you be alive?

[@BlueIvory4]

@@lucasowino9019 when did you choose not to be gay? Additionally, we already have substantial evidence that homosexuality in males occurs when an embryo is exposed to an over abundance of testosterone in womb.

[@kennethmuchai9922]

Kenya is your home.Ugandan government just want to be admired.I am a straight man but I don't advocate death or any form of harrasment to the lgbt community.

[@eugene.dacosta.9241]

Let kenya house them, promote all their practices with all the western funders but not on ugandan soil.

[@franciscopineda2594]

​@@eugene.dacosta.9241Do you know that the world bank has stopped all help for Uganda? That's billions of dollars

[@dreeziedeclan]

Dude calm ur jets, mention 1 lgbtq related death sentence in uganda so far?

[@franciscopineda2594]

@@dreeziedeclan a gay rights activist has been killed in Uganda

[@dreeziedeclan]

@@franciscopineda2594 I literally asked for one example of that happening🙄?

[@sherifftouray476]

A home is a place where you are supposed to feel safe. Sad to leave your familiar environment, because of family and community persecution😢.

[@ReeChad.]

No they cant just influence kids

[@izaadishtiyaaq6708]

Palestinians are supposed to be safe in THEIR land and homes as well....

[@user-cj3qm9uo5f]

Exactly

[@user-cj3qm9uo5f]

​@@ReeChad. No child is influenced, I'm gay and grew up around nothing but straight people, so why didn't that make me straight?? Make sense!!!

[@dimitritome5118]

​@@izaadishtiyaaq6708one crime doesn't justify the other

[@RationalistMH]

Hatred has no limits. It’s not just gay people. This is for all groups of people that are dehumanized and persecuted. If they can do this to one group, they can do it another. Same mechanisms, different groups. Beware.

[@90taetaeya]

Shame on countries like Uganda, Malaysia and Afganistan that have such draconian laws!

[@patriciaibela1949]

And shame on you respect our country and leave us a lone Qatar has more harsh rules.

[@gorretnassali]

😂😂😂😂 shame on u too respect other people's or countries laws n wat they believe in Ugandan n proud

[@ginmill5280]

In Iran,gay men,they either have to transition into a female or they are hung.. I’m a lesbian,half Iranian and the love of my life is Iranian,she’s stuck sadly in Iran right now… But she’s very very lucky to have the family she does,her whole family are the biggest activist you’d ever come across,down to her great grandparents and great uncles aunts and cousins…

[@jamiedavid8023]

shame on you

[@patriciaibela1949]

@@gorretnassali we should be proud to be Ugandans , we are not going to accept any intimidation from any one.

[@jeromelubabalojacobs8872]

Can African Activists hold American Evangelists accountable for sowing divisive seeds on Ugandan people?

[@Scifi4life]

No

[@paulomilan515]

​@@Scifi4life why

[@Scifi4life]

@@paulomilan515 the evangelists were allowed in. They did nothing illegal.

[@paulomilan515]

@@Scifi4life Theives are allowed in stores does that mean you don't prosecute them? Allowing someone in the country doesn't make them immune to their crimes.

[@55hivealive3]

WHAT? Uhmm, no

[@D4NNYF00]

This is tragic.

[@jdos5643]

Very and evil that such criminals in power can get away with senseless brutality of innocent ppl.

[@Rdlacveg]

Is this is the ✝️☦️ love you people talk about? I'm awestruck!

[@D4NNYF00]

@@Rdlacveg who are u people? Help me understand

[@corey6722]

Let people live their lives 🤦‍♂️ why so harsh on people that live a different life to your own? Unless you wrong someone else shouldn’t matter what you do 🤷‍♂️

[@kevinreezygaming]

Ain't better crimes to solve then this

[@jdos5643]

We live in the modern age. Uganda tyrants live in the past.

[@Leaf-tf5oo]

@@kevinreezygamingi hope your employer sees this

[@s.v.7741]

Poverty and still worry about gays.....waste of life...

[@jerbybenignos488]

Truth

[@HendricManenga]

Fact.

[@bran_rx]

If their sexuality doesn't affect other people then just let them be.

[@hughw2377]

I will never support Uganda or any other country that supports hatred towards lgbt people. I'll pray for the lgbt Uganda people, they should not be made to feel unsafe in their own country, everyone deserves respect 🙏🏼🏳️‍🌈

[@jdos5643]

Humans all deserve rights even basic human rights. Tyrants are nothing more than criminals in power. The real evil in society. The ones that have gotten away with senseless killing of innocent ppl.

[@sandramatua6293]

Pray???? 🤷🤷🤷😑 Hmmm

[@hbavaria]

Uganda should stop criminalizing lgbt people , they need a safe place because they are all children of God

[@hopeintruth5119]

Yep but american evangelicals sunk their teeth into them and no corrupted the population into an anti gay frenzy

[@davihkk2011]

Their laws not ours. It's now survival for the fittest.

[@diamond4270]

We shouldn't be hearing about such things in 2024. Uganda needs to focus on their issues, not someone's sexuality

[@Lets_Talk_About_it_Luv]

This breaks my heart.😢💔

[@AishaHaji-jn7sg]

Shame on you

[@Rdlacveg]

​@@AishaHaji-jn7sgshame on people for being who they are, as God made them? No!

[@zidane8452]

​@@Rdlacvegif God made them so then why would he say it's a sin? Don't you see the contradiction in your comment?

[@Rdlacveg]

@@zidane8452 no God never said that. God didn't wrote anything, humans did as per their biases. :-)

[@rafaelbrasil8812]

I think leaving such a country is such a blissfulness

[@edrianbobbycalabio1]

This is very sad. 😢 Hugs to all my brothers and sisters in Uganda 🫂

[@Antalya-]

I hopes the best for my brothers and sisters ❤

[@chiggywiggy524]

"The closer the collapse of an empire, the crazier its laws" - Marcus Tullius Cicero

[@jypbish]

This is against human rights

[@rueben44]

One of the reasons I now have issue with organized religion, handed down by colonizers, is that it has done so much to destroy people. To this day the colonizers still win and we sit at the bottom so something is wrong.

[@iii___iii]

Don't be so quick to assume that any of Africa's indigenous religions are more tolerant.

[@chrisblack6258]

Death penalty?! 😮

[@AishaHaji-jn7sg]

Yes….and we love it

[@xdkankaxd5427]

To islam and christianity being gay is a crime mentioning both in quran and bible

[@Grappapappa]

The shadow of colonialism is indeed long.

[@pointfrogg]

Mind you, it's not just anyone who is gay. It's also anyone who is perceived as gay.

[@Nmbongeni]

Very sad. Uganda is a lost cause

[@Arron413]

This is so tragic.

[@darthsinniious1989]

Wow, 4 once, I don't see any homophobic comments. Any time I see videos like this, I always see people supporting whoever is doing it. Saying America needs 2 be the same.

[@JG-nw6zv]

Wow incredibly sad

[@theclapbackking8291]

We live in a sad world that other ppl won’t mind their own business smh 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@shreeraaman1667]

South Africa should offer asylum to Ugandan LGBTQ people fleeing persecution.

[@TomikaKelly]

South Africa can barely afford to care for its own people.

[@yurp7444]

These are the stories that i have been waiting to hear 🙌🏾 The anti gay big_ts have been dominating the headlines 🙄

[@Chach-se4nq]

This is an actor. Ugandans will do anything for survival. Let him go to Canada or where it is acceptable but as for Uganda a wise ruling was made. You live or die😂

[@stellalukwago5120]

😂they are looking for asylum 😂 mbu akalaba

[@hopeintruth5119]

It wasn't wise as it doesn't make sense

[@yurp7444]

Baby, they snitched and they called a spade a spade. Their bio family was/is seeing them as sub-human….not ‘as human as me’ This is inhumane. This is making 2024 seem like the 1960’s. Human progress is giving ‘meh’ teas. 🚶🏾‍♂️

[@mujacko2002]

a hug coming from someone in the Philippines. super hugs to my fellow LGBTIQ+ in Uganda. Its alreayd 2024 yet LGBTIQ+ people are stil being oppressed and killed for just being a human LGBTIQ+

[@JamesMadez]

This is Africa

[@dannyarcher6370]

T.I.A., indeed.

[@ndidiokafor2249]

Let them know.

[@Samuel-zs9gw]

Thank u, here is not Europe

[@nomxhosapekani7966]

Not in Africa, Uganda in South Africa this Barbaricness does not exist.

[@dannyarcher6370]

@@nomxhosapekani7966 Corrective rape does not exist in SA?

[@sharonmusiimenta8616]

U will love Uganda By force give them Asylum, Ugandan gay law is not supported by only government but the people themselves ! Not even any thing will stop 🇺🇬

[@knight9040]

That says a Lot about Christianity

[@sangthamkeurnoon7122]

Tragic moment 😢😢

[@rafaelbrasil8812]

What to expect from such a country? I am not surprised.

[@pikachue602]

It is primarily due to AMERICAN EVANGELIST CHURCHES

[@SimP90000]

Aww bless them 😢 we are so fortunate here in Europe and other parts of the world were people are equal.

[@marypeace7547]

Queer sounds like weird Make it make sense

[@jdos5643]

I don’t get it….

[@eineatombombe]

3:26 what is this angle

[@ByaruhangaAndrew-np1sl]

I recognise one of dem guys. Studied with him in high school

[@DreamandBuild-px5nt]

May you find peace

[@davidliu2243]

Went from "Why are you gay?" to "You can't be gay." real quick.

[@Zeeshan-bv7mo]

So Sad...

[@kayc421]

What about his mother? I can't imagine being a mother and never seeing your child again. This is heartbreaking 💔

[@TomikaKelly]

She can go visit him.

[@cofa4011]

ENCOOORE ??? Mais merde !! Réglez vos problèmes sans nous !

[@joeydatoon940]

Are they applied in Tourist too? Because if the Government includes Tourist Queer too, that's alarming.

[@dyanaworld]

My Champagne, I miss you!

[@ainoncheng]

This people Didn’t die out while feeding the hungry... they died while living a FUTILE life ... The richest king said🤴🏻 “The greatest futility!” says the congregator, The greatest futility! Everything is futile! What does a person gain from all his hard work At which he toils under the sun? The conclusion of the matter, everything having been heard, is: Fear the true God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole obligation of man" Eclesiastes 1:2 , 12:13,14

[@sidali2590]

Shame on uganda thanks dw for covering this

[@Lyziradukunda]

Thats a lie. No one gets beaten . Am ugandan. We are not as brutal as he says. Let him bring a video showing that his uncle beat him. This is a social media generation. If he got beaten, it would be on news and any other social media platforms. Honestly even if even if the law was passed, no one has gone through what those two are saying. One has been arrested or tortured. Its all lies!!!!!

[@hopeintruth5119]

You aren't always in his life to know that. These laws have created an atmosphere of peopel being persecuted in and out of public

[@stellalukwago5120]

Thank you, am in Uganda and yes the law was passed but I've never heard of any person arrested for being gay all what they are saying is nothing but bs, i myself don't have any problem with gays because they are grown people that knows what they are doing and want, but slandering is a no no for me

[@hopeintruth5119]

@stellalukwago5120 the laws take time to enforced. Just cause you didn't see or hear any arrest. Doesn't mean they shouldn't be afraid of being arrested

[@Titus.mo1905]

@@stellalukwago5120how is it slander when there is literally a law passed by the government?

[@ardi08]

​@@stellalukwago5120Well the death penaltw law for lgbtq has passed whih means it supported by most of Ugandans.

[@MrPunchthru2dub]

This breaks my soul man.

[@mawwtv84]

Here in Philippines. Welcome po kau

[@ericmarvin5926]

It's the government that is doing this but the Ugandan people's attitudes are to a large extent changing

[@crush3095]

generic law enabling persecution how certain could they possibly be how certain would they BOTHER being, with the legal justification to kill : ( all these guys were trying to do was have some joy amidst the difficulty of life

[@desmeisme]

How unfair:(

[@toddphillips9005]

😢

[@user-wy9pe7po6y]

Every country has its own constitution

[@wittyslittleworld]

😢😢😢i can feel his pain.

[@onlinemusiclessonsadamphil4677]

disgraceful

[@musisimajidu8298]

Stay there in Kenya.

[@agathakamulya700]

For sure

[@Nellia..]

They are still human 🙏🏼♥️

[@henry5118]

The German embassy should give all of them visas so they can move to Germany. Problem solved.

[@themugishamobuckets1198]

Please report with less bias.

[@vvm...]

Energy they should spend ending poverty. Africans just punish what doesn't harm them and are weak in dealing with what actually harms them

[@TomikaKelly]

You can spend energy on more than one thing.

[@reeceandrew7312]

Stop international aid until the government provide human rights to ALL of their people.

[@Mr254real]

They'll survive without that international aid.

[@jerbybenignos488]

@@Mr254realonly corrupt government officials can survive but poor ordinary citizens

[@binghamguevara6814]

Human rights is an ideology like Nazism and communism. Destructive ideologies can be destroyed.

[@agathakamulya700]

What about the majority who voted against it are they not supposed to have rights

[@yasspanda2559]

I guess I'm gonna keep staying in Narnia

[@rebbybam230]

Usa or uk give them asylum

[@jeromelubabalojacobs8872]

Exactly they influenced the laws

[@X-fd9yp]

No thanks.

[@chosenbygod1965]

That’s what they are looking for by portraying lies . It’s just a pity

[@agathakamulya700]

Repent brothers and sisters.........jesus loves u

[@allanel6351]

documentary is exaggerated in uganda nobody minds them

[@hmgrraarrpffrzz9763]

Source?

[@KaiMontego]

Are you Ugandan? If nobody minded them then why is there so much support for the law, better yet why does the law exist?

[@gloshz9152]

Am Ugandan n I have never stopped anyone from doing them.

[@jennifercollins4802]

Water / Air / streets /Schools/ Hospitals/ Homes are NOT SAFE. .power in wrong hands and this what happens. When Germany soldiers come AGAIN those that judging GAY people will get theirs. WTF - leave your SISTERS/ BROTHERS ALONE..TRY THAT!!!! ..SAD

[@55hivealive3]

Quit using "queer" to describe gay men, it's offensive

[@binghamguevara6814]

Very brave comment. Very smart too.

[@SarastistheSerpent]

Queer is an umbrella term that describes anyone who is LGBTQIA. He may not be gay at all, but may be bi/pan.

[@user-sh4cr2ko5t]

Very good ❤❤❤❤

[@Godsent867]

Stay where it's safe

[@creestee08]

what's my criteria if a country's problem is important in the eyes of the west? if extremists of both sides are talking about it.

[@babuabush6590]

My heart aches for you my Queer family.

[@High_rise12]

Ugandan flag, best toilet paper

[@BlueIvory4]

They don’t even have toilet paper in Uganda. They haven’t discovered it yet.

[@JJesus-qw3xo]

​@@BlueIvory4jajajajaja

[@ssentongohenryatanus4917]

What will it change

[@gorretnassali]

​@@BlueIvory4😂😂😂😂 that's true bro we haven't discovered wen we do we shall let y'all know

[@stellalukwago5120]

​@@BlueIvory4well actually don't even have toilets then what's the use of a paper

[@SMadalena]

In Africa not! I love this continent. Mais je suis contre la peine de mort

[@PrettybuoyJones1992]

😢🙏

[@micaangote2138]

So same sex is legal in Kenya

[@whitneybrown4067]

Blessings💜🙏….

[@user-sh4cr2ko5t]

Yes very true not in Africa

[@LivingOnPurpose1]

This is just sad. I definitely understand the repercussions of celebrating this life preference of theirs I get it. But until Jesus Christ returns, there will always be someone in the family molesting the kids (I'm not saying every who is gay does this). There will always be some down low guy, down low woman. There will be someone who is genuinely confused about their identity and orientation. No one is saying don't have your laws to dissuade it *but* don't accept behavior that makes it acceptable to murder them either. Throw the one that brutalized them in jail. This is only going to get worse.

[@hopeintruth5119]

People are saying don't add laws that add onto persecution. No laws should be put in place to target a harmless group of people

[@potts995]

Jesus will never return because he’s dead. Do they not teach basic biology in your country?

[@RadenYohanesGunawan]

Please let them in in the west! 😢

[@itnahtapohcysp]

priDEMONth

[@jamesc7019]

Shocking. More should be done to help them leave country

[@CR7Fans-wv3py]

🤮😤

[@clubbi911]

Sending Love to the LGBTQ+ People in Uganda 🫶🏼🏳️‍🌈🥹

[@allenchilekw5698]

God bless Uganda 🇺🇬 🙏

[@jdos5643]

God isn’t blessing the criminals that govern the land. Try again.

[@jerbybenignos488]

I’m lucky bcoz I live in the country for being gay is acceptable and even trans 🏳️‍⚧️ can live normally in our society in the Philippines 🇵🇭

[@ardi08]

Still majority of Filipinos insulting lgbt arent they

[@jerbybenignos488]

@@ardi08 they’re some but majority are open minded

[@agathakamulya700]

And u are proud of that hmmmm

[@jerbybenignos488]

@@agathakamulya700 definitely A BIG YES! It’s about humanity any human being should treated equal! Life is so hard already why making it complicated?

[@kulefred3050]

Shameful how these attention seekers defame our country and 'africanicity'

[@hopeintruth5119]

You cant blame shame on them. Put the blame on the politicians

[@linvi_chemutai]

Jesus is the way the truth and the life ❤

[@SDav21]

Clearly it isn't when bigoted people use these so called teachings to persecute people who have no choice in how they are born.

[@revivecoasttocoastmusicpro6975]

Kuzuvha kukarera yinke mukadi gara😂😂

[@Haggiedc2]

I feel that all countries should stop trade and funding for this human rights violations… Uganda is a second rate country that needs to see the error of their ways…

[@DarkAngelBright]

Where can i send Donation to them?! ❤

[@A-STARLENI]

He needs to come back to Uganda and be Transformed. God loves him

[@ianh9072]

God does love him and found him a new supportive home. God’s love is unconditional. Your home offers him conditions and judgements… why return?

[@user-nc6xt8es3u]

😂