Entry #15842: Homosexual activity in Uganda

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RegionUganda
IssueHomosexual activity
StatusLegal
Start Date(unknown)
End Date1902
DescriptionIn precolonial Uganda, homosexuality was not criminalised. In fact, the last precolonial ruler of the Kingdom of Baganda, Mwanga II, was bisexual.
Sourceshttps://www.humandignitytrust.org/wp-content/uploads/resources/Expanded-Criminalisation-of-Homosexuality-in-Uganda-2014.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20240108161359/http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/4/homosexuality-africamuseveniugandanigeriaethiopia.html
https://daily.jstor.org/anthropologists-hid-african-same-sex-relationships/
https://qnews.com.au/the-bisexual-kabaka-mwanga-ii-of-buganda/
Federal LawYes


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StatusLegal
Federal LawYes
Start Date(unknown)
End Date1902
DescriptionIn precolonial Uganda, homosexuality was not criminalised. In fact, the last precolonial ruler of the Kingdom of Baganda, Mwanga II, was bisexual.
Sourceshttps://www.humandignitytrust.org/wp-content/uploads/resources/Expanded-Criminalisation-of-Homosexuality-in-Uganda-2014.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20240108161359/http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/4/homosexuality-africamuseveniugandanigeriaethiopia.html https://daily.jstor.org/anthropologists-hid-african-same-sex-relationships/ https://qnews.com.au/the-bisexual-kabaka-mwanga-ii-of-buganda/