Bishop Kiyimba Speaks on Gay Rights in Uganda
Date and time:
Friday, 13 January 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Event For:
Area: Social Justice Bishop Mark Kiyimba, a minister in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Uganda, will speak on gay rights in Uganda.
Where: Unitarian Universalist Church of Sterling, 22135 Davis Dr, Sterling VA 20164. Visit www.uusterling.org for directions.
When: Friday, January 13, 2012 at 7 PM
A bill introduced in Uganda’s parliament last year would give the death penalty to any homosexual person who tests positive for HIV, and up to three years in jail for anyone who knows a gay person and does not report them. The proposal emerged after ex-Oregon Citizens Alliance communications director Scott Lively spoke to Uganda’s parliament. Kiyimba, one of a small number of straight supporters of gay rights in Uganda, has risked his life by holding an LGBT conference last February in Kampala, attended by 200 people. His church runs a school for 150 orphans who lost their parents to HIV and AIDS, as well as an orphanage for 22 children infected with the virus.
