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NewNowNext
February 25, 2016
“Like many people in Uganda and around the world, I was appalled that the police and government had done little to protect [murdered activist] David [Cato] after public calls for his murder,” she wrote. “It was the result of a nationwide campaign to suppress LGBT people by any means necessary, and theÃâà...
Queerty
February 22, 2016
David Kato was a Ugandan teacher and activist considered Uganda's first openly gay man. Kato came out in in 1998 via a press conference, eventually becoming one of the founding members of SMUG (Sexual Minorities Uganda). Homosexuality remains illegal. He continued to teach, quitting in 2010 toÃâà...
NPR
February 27, 2014
In fact, when the Russian law just passed a few months ago, I suggested to the Ugandans through my friend Stephen Langa that Uganda should drop the other bill and adopt .... And the primary evidence that they raised, the murder of David Cato - a gay activist leader - he was murdered by a male prostitute.
Boston Globe (blog)
January 28, 2011
The killing is still being investigated, but gay rights activists in Uganda have connected Kato's murder to the anti-gay climate fostered by a trip there by Lively and ... After that event, during which Lively argued that homosexuality "will lead to social chaos and destruction," the Ugandan government drew upÃâà...
