From the NYT:
As the most outspoken gay rights advocate in Uganda, a country where homophobia is so severe that Parliament is considering a bill to execute gay people, he had received a stream of death threats, his friends said. A few months ago, a Ugandan newspaper ran an anti-gay diatribe with Mr. Kato’s picture on the front page under a banner urging, "Hang Them."
On Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Kato was beaten to death with a hammer in his rough and tumble neighborhood. Ugandan Gay Rights Activist Is Beaten to Death
The article pretty much speaks for itself, but it's another reminder of the consequences of hate speech. It's a seed for real violence. Nothing is static in this world - you're either going in one direction or another. Continued pushback against violent rhetoric is imperative.
This action follows an an unfortunate UN vote, and tons of meddling in Ugandan politics from the Christian Right.
The Ugandan anti-gay bill was denounced by a variety of Christian groups in the U.S. in 2009.
This deserves more analysis and contextualization than I'm giving you here, but I wanted to make sure it got exposure. You can follow the links for more information. The story of Davis Mac-Iyalla fits into the general pattern, too.