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Some context, for non-UK forumers who perhaps aren't familiar with Brianna Ghey – this was a 16-year-old transgender girl, brutally murdered by a pair of other teenagers, the latter both sentenced to 20+ years in prison just a few days ago.

Brianna Ghey's mother was in the public gallery when Sunak made this comment.

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Starmer condemns Sunak for making jibe about trans people with Brianna Ghey's mother watching PMQs from gallery

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12.09 GMT

Starmer says, of all the weeks, this was not the time for Sunak to make that jibe about trans people, especially with Brianna Ghey’s mother in the gallery.

He says, as PM, it is Sunak’s job to ensure all people in this country feel safe.

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Other opposition MPs were shouting “shame” at Sunak over this.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/li ... bfe0e9b3db

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Uganda’s Anti-homosexuality Law
by Chris Muhizi
February 17, 2024

Introduction:

(Amjambo Africa!) Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has signed into law some of the most repressive legislation on the planet in relation to homosexuality. The 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Bill suppresses LGBTQ advocacy, bans homosexuals from participating in society, and establishes the death penalty for serial offenders or those who have same-sex relations with a person with a disability, referred to in the bill as “aggravated homosexuality.” Prior to passage of the law, homosexuality was punishable by a life sentence in prison.

The 2023 bill makes it obligatory for Ugandans to notify the authorities if someone is suspected of engaging in same-sex acts, and conviction for neglecting to report carries a fine or a sentence of six months in jail. This applies to friends and family of LGBT individuals. In addition, anybody who performs a same-sex marriage ceremony faces a maximum 10-year prison sentence, and the same sentence applies to people who encourage the “offence of homosexuality.” For example, renting a room to a lesbian couple is considered an act of encouragement. Penalties of up to 20 years in prison may be imposed on anyone who supports LGBTQ rights or provides money to groups that do so. Also, the law makes it illegal to “advertise, publish, print, broadcast and distribute any related digital promotion of homosexuality in the country.”

Consensual same-sex activities are illegal in more than half of Africa’s 54 countries, according to the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, although a few African countries have made strides recently toward decriminalizing same-sex relationships, and many countries do not enforce their laws. Uganda, however, now does.

In 2009, a bill commonly known as “Kill the Gays” was filed at an anti-gay conference in Kampala. The bill recommended punishment by hanging for homosexuals. The conference was attended by representatives of the U.S. “ex-gay” movement – including well-known anti-gay evangelical Scott Lively.

Read more here: https://www.amjamboafrica.com/ugandas- ... lity-law/

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What’s Behind the Astonishing Rise in LGBTQ+ Romance Literature?
by Christine Larson and Ashley Carter
February 16, 2024

Introduction:

(The Conversation) A major transformation is underway in Romancelandia.

Once upon a time, romance novels from major U.S. publishers featured only heterosexual couples. Today, the five biggest publishers regularly release same-sex love stories.

From May 2022 to May 2023, sales of LGBTQ+ romance grew by 40%, with the next biggest jump in this period occurring for general adult fiction, which grew just 17%.

The data from 2023 extends a boom that began in 2016: In the five years from May 2016 to May 2021, sales of LGBTQ+ romance grew by a jaw-dropping 740%.

Read more here: https://theconversation.com/whats-behi ... re-223159

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