Vanguard | May 26, 2010 | 6 comments

Gay Ugandans Speak Out: Missionaries of Hate, Pt. 4

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Mariana meets gay Ugandans who, despite having been arrested, attacked or publicly outed, continue to try to maintain their normal lives. Representatives from Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) talk about how they must move their organization's location every three months to avoid violence. They also attribute the rise in anti-gay attitude is linked to the March 2009 conference led by American evangelicals. Then, at a gay-friendly bar in Kampala, Mariana talks with a small group of Ugandans about how they navigate everyday life as gay people amidst so much fear.

In "Missionaries of Hate," correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to Uganda, where many question whether the growing influence of American religious groups has led to a movement to make homosexuality a crime punishable by death.

"Vanguard," airing weekly on Current TV Wednesdays at 10/9c, is a no-limits documentary series whose award-winning correspondents put themselves in extraordinary situations to immerse viewers in global issues that have a large social significance. Unlike sound-bite driven reporting, the show's correspondents, Adam Yamaguchi, Kaj Larsen, Christof Putzel and Mariana van Zeller, serve as trusted guides who take viewers on in-depth real life adventures in pursuit of some of the world's most important stories.

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6 comments // Gay Ugandans Speak Out: Missionaries of Hate, Pt. 4

  • alicynx
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      alicynx  

    • Can someone please tell these people that 'thou shalt not kill' is a far more important commandment than sleeping with someone of the same sex? Really, do they get their bibles from these same evangelists, with most of the text marked out 'to avoid confusion'?? Why can't someone set them straight about the book they're trying to use to justify such hate? I weep for all the people who have to endure such persecution at the hands of a public that doesn't even understand its own faith...

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