Homophobia is taking a center stage in Uganda

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Homophobia is widespread in Uganda since 2011 when they decided to bring the gay bill to the August house. The bill didn't see life, the main influence on that was done by religion and since the cultural level in Uganda is very high it’s normal and good to openly hate LGBTQ+, slur, and call names even on national TV. 

I am now 29 years and have spent all these years pretending on the outside that I was straight, I have on several occasions even had to make up relationships to keep my family and friends from perceiving that something was odd, unfortunately, it probably didn't work very well. It feels terrible because you have to be super aware of what you do, who you look at in the street, and for how long, all to keep people from suspecting anything.

Sure, you can find one or two trusted friends, but that's the end of it. You inherit the feeling that it is indecent and wrong and unjust to your family. Just when I had just gotten in love, I went to Mbale to meet my secret boyfriend, I was very reluctant to even smile in his presence for too long, hell I was reluctant of holding hands, in an empty Taxi.

Being gay? Identifying as another gender? Openly showing it? In Uganda? it's next to impossible. The most reception that openly gay people receive in Uganda are, curse, mentally incapacitated, Mad and so many others and of course, you won’t hear such disgusting words in normal countries, cause it’s just wrong, but it’s normal in Uganda and it’s very close to that Ugandan slur towards gays in Ugandan language so the person just called this great composer as A$$f**ker but in a polite way (so he thinks).

I remember engaging a random stranger and I quote him "I hate gays and call them fags cause they fuck in the ass" and I replied to him, why don’t you call whores the same way since they give their asses too?