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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: A Look At Uganda's Homophobic Campaigns [Watch (HLS stream): A Look At Uganda's Homophobic Campaigns](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/N9ymJ3J6.m3u8) (2:55)  _Published 2014-02-24. As Uganda approves a law banning homosexuality, Arwa Damon looks at the plight of gays living there._ --- Jul 27, 2023 4:14 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Opening Uganda's Closet](/video/fExW0mO6/) ### Opening Uganda's Closet [Uganda Tabloid Outs 'Top 200 Homosexuals'](/video/gR8UmAz9/) ### Uganda Tabloid Outs 'Top 200 Homosexuals' [Uganda's President: Homosexuality is "Disgusting"](/video/jZTgMba4/) ### Uganda's President: Homosexuality is "Disgusting" --- ## Transcript >> The 2010 tabloid banner red: " Hang them ." David Kato told CNN then, he knew he was in danger. -[ unk ] the village has wanted to set my house ablaze. They want to burn my house. >> Homophobia in this deeply conservative Christian nation is rabid. -[ Foreign Language ] >> David's mother says she didn't know he was gay until he was murdered. -[ Foreign Language ] -" I would condemn him ," she responds. " I would hate him. But I would counsel him ." She too stigmatized by his sexuality and did not want us to visit her at home. -[ Foreign Language ] -" The community keeps accusing me that I bring whites to promote homosexuality among the children ," she tells us. The irony, gay rights activists say, is that it was a small group of American evangelicals who came to Uganda speaking out against homosexuality, which was already illegal, that really took the persecution of the LGBT community to a new level. >> Some friends-- >> Kasha Nabagesera is one of the few gay activists to speak out in public. >> So they went to parliament and advised them to change the law. They went to universities and told students that we are recruiting them into homosexuality, that we have a lot of money. That they should be careful. Then they went to parents and told them that we are recruiting their children. >> The first draft of an anti- homosexuality bill, she recalls, introduced in 2009, included the death penalty. The new version replaces the death penalty for certain homosexual acts with life in prison and makes simply being viewed as promoting homosexuality a crime that could land someone in jail. >> Now, parliament processes all these amendments. >> David Bahati is the architect. So is your aim to eradicate homosexuality completely by forcing people to stay silent or face a prison sentence? >> Well, the aim is to make sure that we do protect the institution of marriage and that stopping the promotion of homosexuality in our country. If in the process that is achieved, that will be good for our society. >> That homosexuality be eradicated from society? >> That would be good for our society. >> Do you respect other religious, an individuals' right to practice another religion other than Christianity? >> Yes. >> So why can't you respect another individual's differing sexual orientation? >> Well, I don't think that homosexuality is a human right. >> Now the LGBT community fears it will become the target of an even broader witch hunt. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A Look At Uganda's Homophobic Campaigns","description":"As Uganda approves a law banning homosexuality, Arwa Damon looks at the plight of gays living there.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/N9ymJ3J6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-02-24T15:51:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/N9ymJ3J6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/N9ymJ3J6/","duration":"PT2M55S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/N9ymJ3J6/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```