Uganda's Parliament Approves Harsh Anti-LGBTQ Bill

Uganda's parliament has passed a mostly unchanged version of one of the world's strictest anti-LGBTQ+ bills, which includes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts and a 20-year sentence for "promoting" homosexuality. President Yoweri Museveni had asked for certain provisions to be toned down, but the bill retains most of the harshest measures of the legislation adopted in March. The US, European Union, and major corporations have condemned the bill, and the UN human rights head called the proposed law "shocking and discriminatory."