British producer arrested in Uganda

A British producer was charged in Uganda for the crime of criminal offence.  David Cecil who is the British producer has done countless research on the gay community in Africa, moreover in Uganda, he has notice how many obstacles they have to over come on a daily base.   However, David wrote a play that was based on the life of a gay Ugandan male.  He wanted to show them how difficult the life of a gay Ugandan can be because of the anti-homosexual law.  However, The Ugandan government found out about the play and made David cancelled the play.  However, he was still charged because he was breaking the law for promoting homosexuality.    


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/07/uganda-british-producer-arrested-gay-rights

HIV in the gay community

            The reason I stated on my last blog that the gay community in Africa is one group that suffers the most was because these individuals have laws against them also they have no rights that protect them.  In East Africa, a homosexual act can put one in jail for 14 years or one can even face the death sentence.  Yes, granted they can move to other countries in Africa where it’s not as worst for the gays, however some of these humans have no accesses to any type of help to be moving.  The gay community in Uganda is facing countless obstacles.  One obstacle is that the gay community has no accesses to health treatment.  Gay individuals who are infected by HIV or Aids do not receive any type of help.  The reason they have no accesses to it is because Uganda’s citizens belief that the gays should die because they are sinning by living a gay life style.     

http://panos.org.uk/features/ugandas-anti-homosexuality-bill-threatens-hivaids-fight/

Heartless

It’s amazing how humans can be heartless towards each other just because they do not share the same beliefs.  From doing countless research throughout the semester I strongly believe that the one group that suffers the most in Africa is the gay community.  There are numerous stories about gay individuals being beaten or killed in Africa it is really heart breaking.  This man named Paul (which isn’t his real name) was praying for his life just minutes before he was beaten by a mob if men and women.  The people only stopped beating him because they heard a gun shoot.  However, the police did not help him at all, the officer announced it to the other men in the cells that he was a gay man.  Sure enough Paul was beaten and sexually abused by the other men in jail.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17058692