![]() ![]() The law has already generated a surge in human rights violations and reduced HIV prevention and treatment services for LGBTQ+ people. It also criminalises any person who fails to report same-sex acts to the police. “When LGBTQ+ people and other marginalised communities are stigmatised and criminalised, their access to lifesaving health services is obstructed, and the HIV response is undermined,” said Winnie Byanyima, the executive director of UNAids.Įarlier this year, Uganda passed one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws, making gay sex punishable by life in prison, and “aggravated homosexuality” – which includes transmitting HIV – punishable by death.
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