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Homosexuality in Uganda & Thailand

Homosexuality in Uganda & Thailand. Project 3 – Group 5. Overview. Uganda History Situation today Thailand History Situation today Comparison. Uganda. Population: 34,5 million Capital: Kampala. History. Discoverd in 1875 by Henry Stanley Missionaries British Protectorate:

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Homosexuality in Uganda & Thailand

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  1. Homosexuality in Uganda & Thailand Project 3 – Group 5

  2. Overview • Uganda • History • Situation today • Thailand • History • Situation today • Comparison

  3. Uganda • Population: 34,5 million • Capital: Kampala

  4. History • Discoverd in 1875 by Henry Stanley • Missionaries • British Protectorate: • Coffee • Tea • Cotton • Independence 9 October1962

  5. Independence. • Formed as a Republic • Dictatorshipfrom1967 • Violent struggle for power: • 1971: Idi Amin Dada’s six-yearregime • 100,000 to 300,000 murdered • Tanzanianintervention • Nation Resitance Army • Seized Kampala in 1986

  6. Lord ResistanceArmy. • Joseph Kony • Kony 2012 campaign • Most wanted byICC • 33 charges • 20,000 kidnappedchildren • Crualtorturing • Horrible war crimes

  7. Today‘s Situation in Uganda (1) • Male andfemalehomosexuality illegal. • Penal Code Amendment2000 criminalisedfemalehomosexuality. • Penalty: prisonsentencesupto 14 years • Judgmentofthe High Court in 2008 • Newspaper article "100 Pictures ofUganda‘s Top HomosLeak"

  8. Newspaper ArticlefromOctober 2010

  9. Today‘s Situation in Uganda (2) • October 2009: Anti-Homosexuality-Billintroduced • Knowas "Kill the Gays bill" • Aggravatedhomosexuality deathpenalty • The offenceofhomosexuality lifeimprisonment • International mediaattention, condemnationfrom Western governmentsand human rightsorganisations • Death penaltyclauseremoved • Law promisedtobepassedbythe end of2012

  10. Homosexuals in Ugandan Culture • At least 500,000 homosexuals in Uganda • Homosexuality = taboo • June 2012: ban on 38 NGOs • Homosexuality = practiceimportedduringthe European colonisation • Importanceofreligion: 84% Christian • American Christian missionaries

  11. Thailand Population: 65 million Capital: Bangkok

  12. Historical background • Lanna, Titipakaand Tra Sam Duanglegal code: • Lanna: threegenders • Titipaka: recognition of sexualdiversity • Traditions of pluralismwith respect to gender and sexuality • 15th – 16th century: • Dualistic society • Egalitarian relations between men and women • Third sex/gender – Kathoey • Non-colonized

  13. Historical background • 17th – 18th century: • Intensification of commerce • State building • Territorial consolidation • Introduction of “male-oriented” religions: Sunni Islam, Theravada Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, and Iberian-style Catholicism

  14. Today’s situation Homosexuality • Conservative Buddhist society • To “commit” a homosexual act ≠ to be homosexual • Family roles and private life • Real “men” vs. women, kathoey, or effeminate men • Non-interventionist sanctions – Mechanism of “silencing” • November 1965, Bangkok: “The gay association” • Ambiguous attitudes – Social classes

  15. Today’s situation Transsexuality • Sex reassignment surgeries since 1975 • Kathoey – “Second type of woman” • Traditional patriarchal gender system • Karma • Female occupations and (sexual) tourism • September 2006, Thai coup d’Etat: • Constitutional rights and protection for LGBT • Legal recognition of kathoey (2007)

  16. Comparison

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