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Title: Uganda: Homosexuals Demand Acceptance in Society
Post by: LostInTime on August 17, 2007, 08:25:48 AM
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The Monitor (Kampala)
17 August 2007
Posted to the web 17 August 2007
Katherine Roubos
Kampala

LESBIAN, gay, bisexual, and transgender Ugandans held their first-ever press conference at Speke Hotel yesterday to launch a media campaign to advocate for their rights.

A rainbow banner declaring "God created us like this, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI), Let Us Live In Peace" hung above the row of seven panelists, some of whom wore elaborate masks to hide their identity.