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.

Ugandan “gay list” condemned [Pink News]