Yikes! U.S., Provide Asylum to Gay Ugandans Facing Medieval-Style Persecution!

av: Ciara Kosior
mottagare: John Kerry, Secretary of State and Anne C. Richard, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration

In a country where folks like Anderson Cooper are not only safe to do their thing, but are loved and venerated, it seems hard to believe that medieval-style persecution of the LGBTQ community is now legal in Uganda, but it now is.

As Americans, we have a chance to proudly stand up for human rights and request our goverment to provide asylum for our friends!

Advocating for gay rights in Uganda is itself a criminal offense, so the Ugandan LGBTQ community needs the rest of the world to help them speak up. Scotland is already on it, so let's enlist our nation to do it's part to protect gay Ugandans from medieval-style persecution!

"Uganda’s new law, enacted by president Yoweri Museveni on Monday, calls for life imprisonment for those convicted of engaging in gay sex and creates the offenses of 'conspiracy to commit homosexuality' and 'aiding and abetting homosexuality,' both of which are punishable by seven years behind bars. Those convicted of 'promoting homosexuality' face similar punishment." -Al Jazeera America

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/02/26/282568084/gays-and-lesbians-seeking-asylum-in-u-s-may-find-a-hard-road

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Yikes! U.S., Provide Asylum to Gay Ugandans Facing Medieval-Style Persecution!