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Uganda anti-LGBT+ legislation is concerning, and it is violating human rights. Recently, in 2023, Ugandan president passed a bill, which is against same sex marriage. If the Ugandan people support same sex marriage, they can be imprisoned up to 10 years. If a person, for an example, promotes homosexuality (eg. incourages them, lends them money, publish news promoting it, etc.), the Ugandan court, can “impose a fine not exceeding fifty thousand currency points”. UN Human Rights, monitors, advocates, carries out public campaigns and technical operations, towards ending the discrimination and violence, that many countries and people still carry towards the LGBT+ community. 

However many countries are still going in the right direction, but seven countries still choose to impose the death penalty for same sex relationships. In countries, primarily in the middle east and africa, you can still get the death penalty. In Iran the maximum punishment for engaging in same sex relations. However most of these laws have their origin from islamic law. However just because of old cultural links, it still does not justify discrimination against LGBT+. In Penal Code 2013Article 233-234 states that anal intercourse between men is punishable  with the death penalty. The next couple of articles define that just putting the male sex organ between another male is also punishable with 100 lashes. The same applies for women, but touching out of lust or kissing someone of the same sex, is punishable with 31-74 lashes.  

However in Singapore it is going in the right direction, unlike Poland. While you couldn’t be worse off if you live in Poland or Hungary, being Singaporian is now good for the LGBT+ community. Singapore recently announced the repeal of the penal code, that banned gay sex, but also limited marriage to heterosexual couples. This meant that same-sex marriage could not happen in Singapore, whereas in Denmark it is possible. Activists in Poland has gotten a lot of harassment recently, shows a report from amnesty.org The hostility towards LBGT+ people in Poland is growing. Many people taking part in LGBT+ protests in Poland experienced that the Polish police force was inadequate in relation to the risks posed by counter-protesters. This has lead to many people losing trust in the Police after joining the Polish LGBT+ community, especially after a peaceful demonstration in Warsaw was violently disrupted by police. An LGBT+ activist was arrested for damaging a van with homophobic slurs.