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Leaders in Congress are forcefully condemning a new sweeping anti-gay law in Uganda, calling on the Biden administration to reconsider assistance to the East African nation. “Uganda’s appalling Anti-Homosexuality Act is the latest indication of Pres. Museveni’s hostility to human rights & fundamental freedoms,” Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said on Twitter

Ugandan LGBTQ activists filed a lawsuit in the nation’s Constitutional Court challenging a new law that provides for violators to be sentenced to lengthy prison sentences or even death. Ten individuals and a civil rights organization filed a petition for the Anti-Homosexuality Act to be struck down because it criminalizes consensual same-sex relations, Richard Smith Lusimbo, one of the

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed into law legislation with harsher penalties for LGBTQ people, including death and life-imprisonment sentences. The president “has assented” to the bill, which now becomes law, his office announced in a post on its Twitter account. Lawmakers approved an amended bill on May 2, seeking the most-punitive penalties for aggravated homosexuality or violations

SUFFOLK, Va. — The Suffolk School Board voted to table discussions regarding the model policies impacting LGBTQ students, citing needing more time to discuss the policies before taking a vote. The board had a first reading on policies impacting transgenders that are different from the governor’s model policies, appearing to give students more privacy. Parents and students on both sides voiced