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Days after Uganda’s Parliament ordered an investigation last month into the alleged promotion of homosexuality in schools, a video appeared online identifying Kampala resident Eric Ndawula as gay.

A woman celebrates before the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade in conjunction with Sydney WorldPride 2023 in Sydney, Australia, February 25, 2023.A woman celebrates before the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade in conjunction with Sydney WorldPride 2023 in Sydney, Australia, February 25, 2023.

The backlash has worsened the LGBT community’s already precarious status in Uganda, where same-sex relations are punishable by up to life in prison. The committee will begin visiting schools and conducting interviews once the parliament speaker provides terms of reference, he said.

 

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