Tag Archives: Uganda

Ugandan activist named on anti-gay hit list found murdered

By Vanessa | Published: January 27, 2011

Trigger warning Fucking fuck. Remember the Ugandan newspaper “hit list” of 100 gay and lesbians, including names, pictures, and home addresses including a headline reading “Hang Them”? Well, after months of fear, hiding and even some attacks, one of those individuals — gay rights activist David Kato — was found beaten to death in his [...]

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Ugandans named in anti-gay hit list win damages, injunction

By Jos | Published: January 3, 2011

The Guardian reports that a high court in Uganda has awarded just over £400 each in damages to 3 individuals named in a lawsuit against the Rolling Stone newspaper that published a list of 100 people the paper called “Uganda’s top homos” with the headline “Hang them.” Further, the court ruled the paper violated the [...]

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Ugandan hit list further confirms an age of rampant homophobia

By Rose | Published: October 20, 2010

If one needs more evidence beyond teen suicides and the uphill DADT battle to realize that the state of rampant, unchecked homophobia is at an all-time high, check out this recent issue of the Ugandan Rolling Stone Newspaper: This issue featured the pictures, names and addresses of gays and lesbians in Uganda. And just in [...]

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