Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community parade in Entebbe, southwest of Uganda's capital Kampala, August 8, 2015. REUTERS/Edward Echwalu
ENTEBBE, Uganda (Reuters) - Several dozen Ugandans marked Gay Pride on Saturday, cheering that such a parade could go ahead in a country that only last year tried to impose long jail terms for gay sex.
At a secluded beach in Entebbe, on Lake Victoria just outside the capital Kampala, a group of about 70 people holding banners including "I have a relationship with Jesus and I'm gay", marched a short distance as music blared out.
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