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A Ugandan transgender woman who was recently attacked and currently being sheltered watches a TV screen showing the live broadcast of the session from the Parliament for the anti-gay bill, at a local charity supporting the LGBTQ Community near Kampala on March 21, 2023. - Uganda's parliament was due to vote on March 21, 2023 on anti-gay legislation which proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relations in a country where homosexuality is already illegal. Under the proposed law, anyone in the conservative East African nation who engages in same-sex activity or who identifies publicly as LGBTQ could face up to 10 years in prison. (Photo by STUART TIBAWESWA / AFP) (Photo by STUART TIBAWESWA/AFP via Getty Images)