Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” law cost the country as much a $1.6 billion in its first year
Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” law cost the country as much a $1.6 billion in its first year
The anti-LGBTQ+ law “may alter the trajectory of the country’s economy for years to come,” according to a new report.
Thank you, US evangelicals! You again managed to fuck another entire country up
WTF, Uganda? Could you maybe be a bit more chill?
They’ve been brainwashed by American evangelicals.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/19/africa-uganda-evangelicals-homophobia-antigay-bill/
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/uganda-anti-lgbtq-bill-rcna76630
Priorities.
Also, what's a bit funny to me is they used the excuse of "homosexuality is a form of western colonialism", but they're taking notes directly from western far-right playbook here.
Bigotry is literally due to western colonialism in many places in the first place. How many instances of what used to be a cultures version of queer people were erased and demonized by colonizing nations in history?
A lot of cultures used to have third genders and even might have thought highly of them, having them be shamans or other prestigious positions
And Russian playbook.
And my uncle Rickie's playbook, oddly enough.
In Christo-fascist Uganda, da poopoo eat you
I shouldnt be laughing about this horrible issue but god damn it i fucking forgot about that video lmao
That people are so hell bent on spending more money to do the worst* possible things rather than just doing the right things in 2024 blows my mind.
This is the core philosophy of social conservatism. They don't want to fix problems, they want to give you someone else to blame and stoke up your anger while telling you they will punish those people.
Good.
This news source should actually be banned.
Last week, Open for Business, a coalition of global companies dedicated to LGBTQ+ inclusion, released a report on the law’s impact on the East African nation’s economy. “It is estimated that in the twelve months following the AHA’s passage, Uganda has made an economic loss of between $470 million and $1.6 billion,” according to the report, a sum that comprises between 0.9–3.2% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).
This is one of the worst headlines I've ever read. The chasm between what it implies and what the facts are is astronomical.
How?
Open for Business identified eight key areas in which the AHA has impacted Uganda’s economy, including international aid, foreign direct investment, tourism and national reputation, public health, national productivity, policing and legal costs, human capital and talent flight, and trade relations.
Yes most of it was from us making it change it trade policy for international aid.