Uganda outlaws homosexuality, and a Ugandan newspaper publishes a list of gay people.
A list.
When this happened in 2010, gay activist David Kato was bludgeoned to death.
Red Pepper’s move is similar to that of a now defunct paper called Rolling Stone (no relation to the U.S. music magazine), which published a list of Uganda’s “Top 100 Homos” in 2010. It was a call to action: “Hang Them” read the issue’s cover. About three months later, Ugandan activist David Kato who was among the paper’s Top 100, was bludgeoned to death. In response, Rolling Stone publisher Giles Muhame said, “This looks like any other crime. I have no regrets about the story. We were just exposing people who were doing wrong.”
I can’t even begin to imagine the fear and determination in the hearts and minds of the people in that list today, and their families, and friends.
The US should start accepting anyone who wants to leave RIGHT NOW.