Anti-Gay Bill, 2023: A Boy Can Throw Like A Girl, But in Uganda This Will Be Criminalised
Gender is fluid. Gender is dramatic. Society is to a tide what gender is to an ocean. Society and gender draw determination from each other. To legislate gender is likely to lead to censoring social roles which may nip genres, innovation, agency, determination, autonomy and productivity in the bud. Dress, prayer, song, recreation, drama, dance, prose, interaction, political dispensation, service delivery, scripture, religiosity, normativity, feminism, masculinity, education, knowledge and skills transfer, parenting, trade, speech, liberty, happiness, socialisation, ritual, rites of passage, gender reveal events, nurturing and lifestyle will be affected in a post Anti-Gay Act 2023 Uganda. Anti-Gay is a regime that fuels negative gender stereotyping, upholds misandryist and misogynistic tendencies including sardonic, innuendo-laced and suggestive remarks sexually objectifying bodies. A male whose voice never breaks and a female who grows beards will be stigmatised. Uganda is to be ...