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shenmue

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Sat Aug 8, 2015, 07:18 PM Aug 2015

LGBT Pride celebration in Uganda - yes, Uganda

BBC story here

Video at link.

From the article:

Activists in Uganda have held a gay pride rally, a year since a law requiring homosexuals to be jailed for life was overturned.

Crowds danced, sang and waved rainbow flags at the event held outside the capital Kampala, the culmination of a week of celebrations.
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LGBT Pride celebration in Uganda - yes, Uganda (Original Post) shenmue Aug 2015 OP
Wow, I never would have believed this possible. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2015 #1
Yes, I was so glad when I saw it shenmue Aug 2015 #2
Now that takes some guts. NuclearDem Aug 2015 #3
Jamaica, now Uganda?! Behind the Aegis Aug 2015 #4
Progress finds a way, and the bigots always lose in the end! nt LostOne4Ever Aug 2015 #5
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