Apart from the fact this could be a counter-productive gesture, and Museveni would just say 'Bring it on!', this could prove difficult as the UK does not currently give the Ugandan government any aid.
Department of International Development statement, quoted in Pink News.
Direct aid was suspended due to fraud and misuse of funds in late 2012, not because of The Gays, btw.
Direct aid was suspended due to fraud and misuse of funds in late 2012, not because of The Gays, btw.
Looks like the 'debate' about gay rights in Uganda could be as ill-informed as the one about Russia.
PS Would cutting aid to Uganda achieve anything? Gaz Morris, Vada magazine.
@dex_mon I don't support aid cuts , unlike you I don't wanna create new victims
— Dr. Frank Mugisha (@frankmugisha) February 25, 2014
Dr Frank Mugisha is director of Sexual Minorities Uganda.
And as with Russia, it seems that the last people some in the West will listen to are LGBT Ugandans themselves...
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What would you do Fagburn? Anything?
ReplyDeleteSee postscipt to blogpost...
DeleteListen to gay Ugandans and activists inside the country and ask them what we can do to help - rather than hinder - their struggle?
DeleteSeems like the most moral, respectful and productive thing.
This idea that those inside these countries like Russia, Uganda, etc who are not only gay and are experiencing what it's truthfully like to live there but who also understand the situation better than anyone outside and would know - usually through years of activism and struggle themselves - what helps and what doesn't, should just be ignored while the West charges in like a bull in a china shop is not only disrespectful to those fighting inside and whose lives this will affect, it's also potentially highly damaging to those people and their efforts.
I find it odd whenever anyone says "First do no harm" and "Listen to the gay people and activists inside these countries first and find out what they need us to do - if anything - to help them in their struggle" - the response from some Westerners is usually anger; like they don't actually care about the people on the inside they just want to DO SOMETHING THEMSELVES, regardless of the consequences...
Moved it into its own blogpost...
DeleteYes, because LGBT Ugandans are just one homogenous group and all agree with each other. Plus, it's so easy to find LGBT Ugandans who can truly represent those living in fear and are willing to put their lives on the line by speaking out.
ReplyDeleteIt's so simple that it's a wonder no-one else has thought of it. Any action endorsed by any LGBT Ugandan is fine. So problem solved and we can all go back to ogling Tom Daley's bum.
You appear to be hallucinating, care to read what was written again when you're not?
DeleteYou are not very intelligent are you?
DeleteIf you say so, it must be so...
DeleteAs I say, any suggestion that gay Ugandans should be asked first, listened to and then act - or not - accordingly usually results in angered responses from certain people in the West.
DeletePerhaps they don't care about gay Russians or gay Ugandans, but rather their own self-importance and white saviour complex?