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Civil Rights March Demonstrates Progress In Uganda | Though anti-gay sentiment continues to be fierce in Uganda, the slow but steady growth of public advocacy for gender issues signals progress. A recent march organized by Sexual Minorities Uganda had 30 participants, as opposed to just four at a similar march four years ago. Activist Frank Mugisha points out that the mere fact the nation is having a national conversation about the issue of homosexuality — hostile though it may be — represents a change from a time when it was so taboo people would not even talk about it. Various legal challenges the group has brought will surely increase the extent of that discussion.