{"id":42546,"date":"2016-08-09T10:21:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T14:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/official-suggests-uganda-will-force-lgbt-people-into-state-run-ex-gay-program\/"},"modified":"2016-08-09T10:21:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T14:21:58","slug":"official-suggests-uganda-will-force-lgbt-people-into-state-run-ex-gay-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/official-suggests-uganda-will-force-lgbt-people-into-state-run-ex-gay-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Suggests Uganda Will Force LGBT People Into State-Run \u2018Ex-Gay\u2019 Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Official Suggests Uganda Will Force LGBT People Into State-Run \u2018Ex-Gay\u2019 Program<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-08-at-8.56.16-PM.png?resize=481%2C311\" alt=\"Uganda gay\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-08-at-8.56.16-PM.png?w=675 675w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-08-at-8.56.16-PM.png?resize=300%2C194 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Days after police&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/08\/gay-uganda\/\">violently raided<\/a>&nbsp;a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> Pride event in Uganda, the nation&rsquo;s ethics minister on Monday announced a new government-sanctioned &ldquo;ex-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>&rdquo; therapy program.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A program to rehabilitate members of the LGBT Community, with the ultimate aim of giving them a chance to lead normal lives again, has been developed,&rdquo; Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo&nbsp;said in a statement posted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/ugandamediacentreblog.wordpress.com\/2016\/08\/08\/government-position-on-the-activies-of-lesibians-gay-bi-sexuals-transgender-lgbt-in-uganda\/\">Uganda Media Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lokodo, a former Catholic priest, didn&rsquo;t provide specifics&nbsp;of the program, but in the meantime he&nbsp;vowed to continue to crack down on LGBT gatherings.<\/p>\n<p>Police in Uganda, one of 36 African countries&nbsp;where&nbsp;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> is illegal,&nbsp;arrested more than a dozen people, including prominent LGBT activists, during the&nbsp;Mr. and Miss Pride Uganda 2016 at Venom Club in Kabalaggala last week. The following&nbsp;day, organizers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/08\/uganda-pride-parade-cancelled-government-minister-threatens-violence\/\">canceled&nbsp;a&nbsp;Pride parade<\/a> scheduled for Saturday after Lokodo&nbsp;reportedly threatened&nbsp;to put together&nbsp;a police-led mob to assault&nbsp;participants.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Lokodo&nbsp;told reporters that the government &ldquo;will continue to suppress&rdquo;&nbsp;the public activities of homosexuals, the <a href=\"http:\/\/wtop.com\/africa\/2016\/08\/ugandas-government-vows-to-suppress-gay-pride-activities\/\">Associated Press<\/a> reports. He also&nbsp;alleged that Pride activities are being organized &ldquo;with the influence of some foreign forces.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We as Ugandans wanted to celebrate who we are and it has nothing to do with &#8220;foreign forces&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frankmugisha\">@frankmugisha<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Opimva\">@Opimva<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MRyZPajLgY\">t.co\/MRyZPajLgY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sexual Minorities UG (@SMUG2004) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SMUG2004\/status\/762591242580533248\">August 8, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite Lokodo&rsquo;s statement, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> activist Frank Mugisha, who was among those arrested in the raid, said the LGBT community will continue to organize public gatherings:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Minister Lokodo says, LGBT Ugandans can hold private events &amp; I am saying we shall hold any events public or private like any Ugandan<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr. Frank Mugisha (@frankmugisha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frankmugisha\/status\/762575086389952512\">August 8, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More from the AP:<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, a Ugandan lawmaker introduced a bill that prescribed the death penalty for some homosexual acts, saying he wanted to protect Ugandan children. 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&ldquo;A program to rehabilitate members of the LGBT Community, with the ultimate aim of giving them a chance to lead normal lives &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/official-suggests-uganda-will-force-lgbt-people-into-state-run-ex-gay-program\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Official Suggests Uganda Will Force LGBT People Into State-Run \u2018Ex-Gay\u2019 Program<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Official Suggests Uganda Will Force LGBT People Into 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