Besigye and his wife, Winnie Byanyima, have come out and pleaded with President Museveni not to sign the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which was passed by the Ugandan parliament on March 21, 2023, and criminalizes homosexual people, who face the death sentence if caught in the act.
The married couple, who have a son who has always dressed as a woman, have publicly supported and agitated for homosexual rights in Uganda.
The recently passed law by parliament, according to the Besigyes, will affect children and is inhumane due to some children's sex orientation.
"If passed, this law will undermine Uganda's efforts to end AIDS by 2030, as well as violate some of our children's rights, particularly free movement and medical care within the country, which will increase the spread of AIDS," Byanyima said.
Besigye, on the other hand, has appealed with the country's president to veto the legislation.
"Although the Anti-Homosexuality Bill was passed by parliament, it has yet to be enacted into law; the president has the authority to stop it, and we are pleading with him not to enact it," Besigye said.
These assertions are not any different. America's Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, asked Uganda to reconsider its position on the measure, saying that passing it would increase the spread of AIDS.
However, some citizens question how prohibiting the practice of homosexuality in Uganda affects and increases the spread of AIDS since medical professionals believe that if homosexuality is prohibited, the prevalence of HIV/AIDS will decrease because homosexuals are the biggest spreaders and most easily infected by the virus.
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