Uganda’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Law: Simon Collins on Resistance, Risk, and Global Silence

Send us Fan MailIn this urgent and deeply human interview, HIV and LGBTQ+ advocate Simon Collins speaks about the devastating impact of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act — one of the harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws in the world.Originally recorded and released in 2024, its being re-published this month in line with the upcoming pride parade — because the law is still in force, and LGBTQ+ people in Uganda continue to face violence, persecution, and isolation.Simon shares the law’s chilling effects: collapsing HIV services, forced evictions, mass arrests, and the silencing of activists. He also traces its international roots — from US evangelical funding to failures in the UK’s asylum system.This is a story about criminalised identities, global complicity, and what it means to offer real solidarity.For more info visit:https://i-base.info/htb/46384🎧 Warning: contains references to state violence, healthcare neglect, and LGBTQ+ persecution.Support the show