In June 2023, countries across the world celebrated Pride Month, set apart each year as a celebration of alternative sexual and gender identity. It is an occasion for members of the LGBTQ community to mark progress made on legal and social fronts on their rights.
The same month, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed into law the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023, which criminalises same-sex conduct, including a potential death penalty for those convicted of “aggravated homosexuality.”
This duality is in keeping with the varying nature of protection for LGBTQ rights around the world. This is why, as LGBTQ organisations highlight, Pride is still a protest today, as it was at the outset.
