- Homosexuality
- ⚢Unknown
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭Unknown
- Censorship
- Unknown
- Changing Gender
- Ambiguous
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- Unknown
- Housing Discrimination
- Unknown
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- Unknown
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Amuru is unknown.
State-enforced under federal Uganda law
In 2019, the Uganda Communications Commission adopted the Standards for General Broadcast Programming in Uganda. Article 6(5) determines that “information, themes or subplots on lifestyles such as homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexualism, transsexualism, transvestism, paedophilia and incest” should not “promote, justify or glamorize” them. Further, explicit dialogue or information concerning the above topics should not be broadcasted. In addition, Article 8.6 states that sex education programmes should not encourage or promote “unnatural sex acts”.
Current status
Unknown
Right to change legal gender in Amuru is ambiguous.
Current status
Since Mar 26, 2015
Ambiguous under federal Uganda law
In 2015, Uganda provided for gender recognition for intersex people who through operation changes from male to female or female to male. However, trans people remain unable to change their legal gender, and intersex people must identify as male or female.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Amuru is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Amuru is no protections.
Current status
No protections under federal Uganda law
As homosexual conduct is illegal, discrimination against LGBTQ+ people are very present. Most recently, the anti-homosexuality bill tried to make it illegal for any person to not report an LGBT individual.
LGBT employment discrimination in Amuru is unknown.
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Unknown
LGBT housing discrimination in Amuru is unknown.
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Serving openly in military in Amuru is unknown.
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Unknown
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