Discrimination of Homosexuals
The Ugandan homebody, Victor Juliet Mukasa, writes on her blog on October, 23, 2006 about how transgender people, like herself, are treated in Africa along with her personal experiences. Stated in the article written by Mukasa follows;
"In Africa, transgender people are seriously punished for being who they are. While still with my parents, I was always beaten by my father for “behaving” like a boy. In school, the same story. While peeing one day my neighbours daughter found me peeing while squatting and she screamed like she had seen a monster. I became the laughing stock of the village and I expelled myself because of the humiliation. I could speak the whole day about the discomforts. I have suffered in life more because I am a transgender than a lesbian."
This is an important document to effectively portray just how lesbians, bisexuals, gays, and transgenders are treated in Africa. Mukasa stated that she knows people whom have dealt with the same discrimination towards them, as well as experiences similar, and if not, worse than Mukasa's.
Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill's Objectives
The bill was written in April of 2009 in regards to the homosexuals in Uganda. The bill was submitted, and proposed by Member of Parliament, David Bahati.
3.0. The objectives of the Bill
The objectives of the Bill are to:
(a) provide for marriage in Uganda as that contracted only between a man and a woman;
(b) prohibit and penalize homosexual behavior and related practices in Uganda as they constitute a threat to the traditional family;
(e) prohibit ratification of any international treaties, conventions, protocols, agreements and declarations which are contrary or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act;
(d) prohibit the licensing of organizations which promote homosexuality.
3.0. The objectives of the Bill
The objectives of the Bill are to:
(a) provide for marriage in Uganda as that contracted only between a man and a woman;
(b) prohibit and penalize homosexual behavior and related practices in Uganda as they constitute a threat to the traditional family;
(e) prohibit ratification of any international treaties, conventions, protocols, agreements and declarations which are contrary or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act;
(d) prohibit the licensing of organizations which promote homosexuality.
This document of the bill was written in April of 2009 in regards to the homosexuals in Uganda. The bill was submitted, and proposed by Member of Parliament, David Bahati.
Millicent Gaika; Lucky to be Alive
Millicent Gaika was a 30 year old South African women who was walking home after hanging out with people at a friend's house when she approached her home, and had anything but a welcoming arrival. As she got closer to her, she met her alleged attacker. He asked Gaika for a cigarette she gave him one, as her friends left, and they smoked together. Moments later, the man refused to pass the cigarette and entered his room. Gaika went in the room trying to recover her cigarette, just as he locked the door and began to rape her. “He started hitting me and I fought back. Then he started doing what he did to me. He pulled off my clothes and pushed me down on the bed. He did it more than once. He was holding me down, strangling me and pushing his hands hard on to my neck.” Gaika said that this man had never acted this way towards her sexuality, and she had known him for years. Gaika's attack lasted for nearly 5 hours. She was thankfully rescued after neighbors finally heard her screams. She was in severe pain and bleeding and all banged up from being beaten as well. “I thought he was going to kill me; he was like an animal. And he kept saying: ‘I know you are a lesbian. You are not a man, you think you are, but I am going to show you, you are a woman. I am going to make you pregnant. I am going to kill you.’”