'Where are we supposed to go?': Ugandan LGBTQ activist

STORY: Same-sex relations were already illegal in Uganda, as in more than 30 African countries, but the new law goes much further.

It stipulates capital punishment for "serial offenders" against the law and transmission of a terminal illness like HIV/AIDS through gay sex. It also decrees a 20-year sentence for "promoting" homosexuality.

Speaking to Reuters about the implications of the bill, Kwagala, also known as Papa De (pronouns they/them), despaired.

“How did we become refugees in our own countries? How did we become the unwanted refugees in our own countries?” DeLovie asked.

Museveni had sent the original bill passed in March back to lawmakers, asking them to tone down some provisions. But his ultimate approval was not seen as in doubt in a conservative country where anti-LGBTQ attitudes have hardened in recent years, in part due to campaigning by Western evangelical church groups.