Africa is about to implement the death sentence for homosexual acts

Uganda's parliament has passed a controversial bill making certain homosexual acts a capital crime. All but two of the country's 389 MPs lent their support to the measure, which imposes the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality" as well as life imprisonment for "recruitment, promotion and funding" of homosexual "activities." Fox Odoi-Oyelowo, one of the two legislators to oppose the measure, described it as "ill-conceived" with "unconstitutional" provisions in comments cited by The Guardian. Foreign LGBTQ advocacy groups have also condemned the measure, calling it "hate legislation" and "discriminatory" and vowing to fight it. Uganda, a majority-Christian nation, is one of 37 African countries to ban homosexuality, and the US threatened to withhold aid to Uganda in 2014 when the nation adopted a law punishing gay sex while HIV-positive or with an individual under 18 years old.