Eviction, threats and suicidal thoughts: Uganda's LGBT community endures trying year


Laura, 22, a lesbian member of the LGBTQ community, poses for a photograph after an interview with Reuters in Kampala, Uganda October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa

KAMPALA (Reuters) - As a Ugandan court hears a challenge on Monday to one of the world's harshest anti-LGBT laws, there's more at stake than the simple constitutionality of the statute.

LGBT activists say the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) has given Ugandans an implicit licence to abuse and discriminate against sexual minorities.

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