Activists in Uganda have held a gay pride rally, a year since a law obliging gay people to be imprisoned forever was toppled. Group moved, sang and waved rainbow banners at the occasion held outside the capital Kampala, the finish of a week of festivities. One of those going to trusted it would be a "stage forward" for the nation. Be that as it may, numerous individuals in Uganda firmly restrict gay rights, and homosexuality is culpable with a prison sentence. Against gay enactment considering life detainment for "irritated homosexualities'' and banning the "advancement of homosexuality" was invalidated by Uganda's incomparable court a year ago.
One of those walking, Moses Kimbugwe, said: "It speaks the truth attempting to demonstrate the more extensive group that brutality, separation, badgering, disgrace against LGBT (lesbian, gay, promiscuous, transgender) individuals is terrible.
"So we arrive to make an impression on the more extensive populace that we do exist, and we need rights like whatever other Ugandan."
One of the coordinators, Richard Lusimbo, told the AFP news organization: "For us, this is a festival of who we are."
Occasions not long ago incorporated a transgender appreciation day and a "Mr and Miss Pride" excellence expo.
US President Barack Obama stood up for gay rights in Africa on his late visit to the landmass however some African pioneers have contended homosexuality is not some piece of African society.
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