Olivia Nabulwala's counting her blessings right about now. The Ugandan lesbian has been granted a stay of deportation after Minnesota's 8th Court of Appeals ruled the Board of Immigration Appeals acted inappropriately when it tried to deport the asylum seeker.

Things aren't so hot for Ugandan gays - just a few months back, the tabbie Red Pepper printed the names of "known homosexuals" and urged readers to track them down for some homophobic (in)justice. Nabulwala found herself in a similar situation, only her attackers weren't strangers. They were her family.

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• Run Girl! A lesbian refugee in England's being deported back to Uganda. And, as well all know, the Ugandans aren't so keen on the homos. [The Guardian]

It's another fun installment of "Get the Gays" over in Uganda. Red Pepper - a tabloid that makes The New York Post look honorable (and that's really saying something) - published a list of 13 alleged lesbians, urging readers to send in more names. The charming editors insist:

To rid our motherland of the deadly vice (lesbianism), we are committed to exposing all the lesbos in the city. Send more names us (sic) the name and occupation of the lesbin (sic) in your neighbourhood and we shall shame her...

Isn't that sweet? It sort of makes you want to hop a flight over to Uganda for a little game of whack the homophobe. Wait, isn't Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni known for his love of 13 year old girls? Funny, that...

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• Again, things in Uganda not so good. [BBC]

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In Uganda, being gay is punishable by life in prison (and, we imagine, there are plenty of not-on-the-books means of "justice" exercised). So it's probably not a good thing if you're one of those gay men or women trying to hide your sexuality — and then see your name printed in the Red Pepper, a tabloid that just ran a list of names of people it suspects to be gay. As you can imagine, Uganda doesn't have any anti-discrimination laws when it comes to sexual orientation. That said, one recourse someone might have if his name shows up on the list is to fight it with a defamation argument, since being accused of gay in the East African nation amounts to having your life put in jeopardy. And on the west side of the continent in Cameroon, two newspaper editors who ran a list of suspected gay public figures found themselves in prison.

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• Another day, another African nation with a poor gay rights record. This time it's Uganda, criticized by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission for banning gay marriage — though the the nation's minister of ethics and integrity says the law (to quote the article) "does not discriminate against gay people but at the same time does not encourage." Meanwhile, sodomy remains punishable by life in prison [All Africa]

• To help "celebrate" a year of increased ousting of gays from the military, some queers got together in Roseville, Minnesota, for a sit-in at an Army recruitment office. Photo evidence included. [EAS]

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