Thursday January 12, 12 - 1 pm: The hard fight for gay rights in Uganda

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Midday 01.12.2012 1st HOUR Gay Rights in Uganda.mp3

Rev. Mark Kiyimba, an LGBT rights activist and founder of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Uganda, recently left his country, fearing for his safety after he led opposition to a proposed anti-homosexuality bill there. Homosexuality is already illegal in Uganda, but the new bill would impose much harsher punishments including life imprisonment and even the death penalty for some homosexual acts. Kiyimba is currently traveling across the United States to raise awareness of the persecution LGBT Ugandans face every day. With Boris Dittrich, advocacy director for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Program, Human Rights Watch.