US talks sanctions against Uganda after a harsh anti-gay law – but criminalizing same-sex activities has become a political tactic globally
- Written by Nicolette Manglos-Weber, Associate Professor of Religion & Society, Boston University
The annual gay pride parade in Entebbe, Uganda, in 2014.Isaac Kasamani/AFP via Getty ImagesUganda recently signed an anti-gay bill into law. Called by some the “worst of its kind in the world,” the law imposes life imprisonment for same-sex relations while using colonial language that such acts are “against the order of nature.&rd...
