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Shortly afterward, Uganda passed the law, and a Kenyan lawmaker proposed a bill that has often been described as "copy paste" of the Ugandan law. According to McEwen, the networks also focused on UN organizations "in response to the advances being made by the international feminist movement to gain recognition of sexual and reproductive health and rights within the UN frameworks.

Law enforcement authorities in Nigeria are using the country’s same-sex prohibition law to target the LGBTQ+ community while ignoring abuses against them, rights groups and lawyers say, in the. Correction, March 15, An earlier version of this article misspelled the name of activist Frank Mugisha.

One of these groups is Christian conservative organization Family Watch International FWI which, according to openDemocracy "has has been coaching high-ranking African politicians However, FWI said in a statement on its website that it is "opposed to the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act " and it "opposes legislation that penalizes a person for having same-sex sexual attractions or for their gender identity.

In focus. Anti-gay sentiment had previously existed on the continent, but white American religious groups have given it a boost. UK-based media platform openDemocracy published a report that examined more than 20 American Christian groups. Latest videos Latest audio.

By Caleb Okereke, a Nigerian journalist and the co-founder and managing. Latest audio Latest videos. DW apologizes for the error. With funding and support from Uganda to Nigeria, they're influencing. These days, it's African leaders who introduce the new laws — which is why they've been targeted by far-right networks from the US.

According to McEwen, these groups want to win over African leaders in order to implement what is being described as "family friendly agendas" — both in their home countries and internationally at the United Nations. These conservative activists — who describe themselves as "pro family" — seem only interested in safeguarding one special type of family: heterosexual, monogamous nuclear families ordained by marriage.

Homosexuality has always been being practiced discreetly in what is now Kenya, according to Houghton. Haley McEwen, a sociologist at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, has examined some of their influential networks. Fundamentalist Christian churches from the United States are increasingly gaining power and influence in societies and political spheres across Africa.

British colonialists enacted the first laws that criminalized gay sex in the s. Investigations reveal how American far-right activists are contributing to rising anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment in Africa. There is a homegrown network of such groups in Africa, but according to McEwen, they heavily rely on funding from outside Africa.

The Kenyan bill is still undergoing parliamentary procedures. But it's still unclear when and whether president Nana Akufo-Addo will sign it into law. In Ghana, a similar bill was recently passed by parliament. Skip next section Related topics Related topics. Nigeria: Anti-LGBTQ vigilante groups, including their objectives, structure, activities, and areas of influence; response of the authorities and state protection (–October ).