Johnson, Paul James orcid.org/0000-0001-6391-7906 and Falcetta, Silvia orcid.org/0000-0001-5275-6940 (2021) Beyond the Anti-Homosexuality Act:homosexuality and the Parliament of Uganda. Parliamentary Affairs. pp. 52-78. ISSN 1460-2482
Abstract
In 2014, the Constitutional Court of Uganda nullified the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2014. Since that time, homosexuality has remained a key issue of debate in the Ugandan Parliament and there have been consistent calls from parliamentarians for the enactment of new anti-gay law. In this article, which is based on an analysis of the Official Report (Hansard), we provide a critical consideration of activity in the Ugandan Parliament relating to the issue of homosexuality since 2014. We examine how parliamentarians conceptualize the ‘problem’ of homosexuality and the claims they make about homosexuals. We show that calls for the increased regulation of homosexuality largely depend on problematic assertions about two related issues: the so-called ‘promotion’ of homosexuality in Uganda, and the imagined ‘recruitment’ of Ugandan children into homosexuality. We conclude by arguing that if the current level of support in the Parliament for anti-gay legislation is to be diminished, and the enactment of new anti-gay law is to be avoided, then it is crucial that some Ugandan parliamentarians speak out against homophobia and, importantly, are given support to do so.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Hansard Society; all rights reserved. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Sociology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 08 Jul 2019 11:10 |
Last Modified: | 03 Apr 2025 23:11 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsz025 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/pa/gsz025 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:148224 |