. . COUNTRIES: UGANDA: GOVERNMENT : HOMOPHOBIA : LAW : GAY RIGHTS: Uganda's Museveni to Sign Anti-Gay Bill, Defying Donors, Washington . . Uganda's Museveni to Sign Anti-Gay Bill, Defying Donors, Washington KAMPALA Monday February 24, 2014 4:20am EST Reutershttp://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/24/ us-uganda-gaybill-idUSBREA1N05S20140224
. A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/qh5tong . .(Reuters) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will sign an anti-homosexuality bill into law on Monday, the government said, defying protests from Western donors and U.S. President Barack Obama.
. snip .Homosexuality is taboo in almost all African countries and illegal in 37 - including Uganda where rights groups say gay people already risk jail. Few Africans are openly gay, as they fear violence, imprisonment and loss of their jobs.
.Gay and lesbian organizations in Africa fear the ripple effect from the anti-gay bill could spread beyond Uganda to other parts of a continent where conservative societies tend to view homosexuality as unnatural.
."It's a gloomy day not just for the gay community in Uganda but for all Ugandans who care about human rights because this law will affect everybody," said Julian Peppe Onziema, spokesman for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) community in Uganda.
.Harassment of people suspected of being gay has increased since the parliament passed the bill in December, Onziema told Reuters.
.Donors have threatened to cut aid if the bill goes into law and U.S. President Barack Obama on February 16 warned it would complicate relations with Washington, calling it "step backward for all Ugandans".
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