Gay retirement communities near kampala

Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! PBS News Hour PBS News Hour. For gays living in Uganda, just walking outside of their homes can be dangerous. NewsHour Weekend special correspondent Martin Seemungal reports from Kampala.

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Uganda's parliament last week passed one of the world's toughest laws against homosexual activities, prompting widespread condemnation. If signed into law by the president, anyone who identifies as LGBT could face life in prison. It also threatens the existence of the handful of refuges where LGBT people have sought shelter after being kicked out of home. The BBC got access to these secret shelters and spoke to residents about their lives and concerns.

John Grace, coordinator of Uganda Minority Shelters Consortium, says his father ostracized him after he refused to stop identifying as a gay man. Grace refused. His father forbade him from having any relationships with his siblings and took him off all the family WhatsApp groups, he says. Under the law, landlords could not rent their premises to activities the government deems to promote or encourage homosexuality.