The legislation, which now goes to the president, also calls for life in prison for anyone engaging in gay sex. Policies to stifle L.G.B.T.Q. rights have been on the rise in several African nations.

Human rights campaigners condemn bill introducing capital and life imprisonment sentences

The harsh new law, which will turn the country’s entire LGBTQ community into fugitives in fear for their lives, was approved by an almost unanimous vote in the Ugandan parliament

Same-sex acts were already unlawful in Uganda, but Tuesday night's vote now bans identifying as LGBTQ, or the so-called promotion of gay identity, and follows months of anti-gay outrage in Uganda. In a packed chamber,

The United Nations and United States on Wednesday added to international outrage over a hardline bill passed by Ugandan lawmakers that criminalizes simply identifying as LGBTQ+, prescribes a life sentence for convicted homosexuals and a death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality.

The bill, which Uganda's parliament passed late Tuesday with only one dissenting voice, will become law if President Yoweri Museveni signs it as expected. In a statement, Tigere Chagutah, regional director of Amnesty International in East and Southern Africa,