Uganda health minister: Gays will still get care

By Rodney Muhumuza

Published February 26, 2014 12:27pm ET

Add Washington Examiner on Google

Uganda health minister: Gays will still get care — FILE In this Monday, March 19, 2012 file photo, Sexual Minorities Uganda program coordinator Pepe Julian Onziema speaks in an interview with The Associated Press in Kampala, Uganda. Uganda's health minister said Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 that gays will not be discriminated against by medical workers after the country's president signed a law that strengthens criminal penalties against homosexuals, but prominent gay rights activist Pepe Julian Onziema said that well-known homosexuals face constant discrimination and abuse and recalled being ignored many times by medical workers who served others as they gossiped about his sexual orientation. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera, File) | Stephen Wandera

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The medical workers who knew he was gay ignored him, attending to those who arrived after him as they openly gossiped about his homosexuality.

Pepe Julian Onziema, a prominent gay activist in Uganda, said Wednesday he recently was forced to confront some nurses at a private clinic after they neglected to serve him in apparent hostility toward his sexual orientation.

Print subscriber? Click here to login/register your account

Digital subscriber? Click here to login/register your account.

Full midterm coverage.Deeper analysis.

Get unlimited access to Washington Examiner's reporting, expert analysis, and coverage of the midterm elections.

Get Unlimited Access

Cancel anytime.

Tag:

LGBT Issues World