Ugandan Paper Prints Another Gay 'Hit List'

Tabloid publishes 10 addresses, alleged anatomical details
By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 2, 2010 9:20 AM CDT
Ugandan Paper Prints Another Gay 'Hit List'
Gay rights demonstrators, including campaigner Peter Tatchell, front third left, take part in a protest outside the Uganda High Commission in London, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009.   (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

After calling for the hanging of 100 “top gays and lesbians” in Uganda—which spurred attacks on gays—a tabloid in the country has published another list, this time of 10 homosexuals, their addresses, and alleged details about their anatomy, CNN reports. The paper's 22-year-old editor says he discourages attacks, but wants to fight gays seeking "converts in schools." Meanwhile, a bill calling for the death penalty for homosexuality continues to work through Uganda's legislature.
(More Uganda stories.)

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