One California man, Neal Gottlieb, thought of a very unique way to protest Uganda's very harsh anti-gay laws. He decided to climb that country's highest mountain and plant a gay pride flag on top. After a six day climb, he did so on April 16, 2014. He later posted an open letter to Uganda's President Museveni on facebook. Part of it is reproduced below:
Dear President Museveni of Uganda,
On April 16, 2014, after a 6-day climb, I summited your country’s tallest peak, Mount Stanley’s 16,753 foot tall Margherita Peak, and mounted a gay pride flag at its summit in protest of your country’s criminalization of homosexuality. Your country’s highest point is no longer its soil, its snow or a summit marker, but rather a gay pride flag waving brilliantly, shining down from above as a sign of protest and hope on behalf of the many thousands of Ugandans that you seek to repress and the many more that understand the hideous nature of your repressive legislation.
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Gay rights activists in Uganda appear to be pleased.
Ugandan gay rights activist Frank Mugisha applauded the move.
“For me, its a good thing and he is showing support and solidarity, the LGBT movement in Uganda. Many people will do so many things because they are concerned about the fundamental human rights of Ugandan LGBT individuals and some solidarity messages or gestures are simply out of passion and non-political like what this American man did at the peak of mountain Rwenzori , I think it’s simply human,” he said.
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