Ugandan LGBTQ activist rallies support for compatriots after anti-gay bill

Papa De aka DeLovie Kwagala, a queer Ugandan photographer and LGBTQ rights activist living in South Africa, takes part in a demonstration against the proposed anti-gay law in Uganda, in Pretoria, South Africa March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Alet Pretorius

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - DeLovie Kwagala (Papa De), a queer Ugandan photographer and activist, was living in South Africa when the news came that Uganda's parliament had passed one of the world's toughest anti-LGBTQ bills.

The bill, which passed in March, imposes severe penalties including 20 years in prison for "promoting" homosexuality and for certain crimes that involve gay sex, the death penalty.