There’s a whole group of people on Twitter that now believes
@martinssempa is out here to “spread homosexuality” through “reverse psychology”. Don’t think that’s true, but it’s an interesting view.
All said and done, all this talk about homosexuality being at the centre of our national conversation is good for Uganda’s sexual minorities in the long run, I think. In the short run, the AHA is bad as it has put queer Ugandans at grave risk, but in the long run it will be good.
Someone recently pointed out that Hitler killed no less than 100,000 suspected gay people, only for Berlin to emerge as “The Gay Capital of the World”. Maybe Uganda will be the undisputed gay people’s capital in Africa 2040 or 2050.
Normally, when a group of people is targeted by society, they go underground and organize. That explains the Jewish strength, the Tutsi strength, and why the so-called “born agains” are unstopped in Uganda today, even when Amin targeted them so hard.
So when Uganda becomes the place-to-be for gay people in Africa, it will be partly thanks to the American conservatives behind Among, Opendi, and Ssempa. Not that this was their original intention though…