For LGBTQ Ugandans, the infamous 'Kill The Gays' bill brought not only unexpected benefits in the...
Photographer Jake Naughton talks about reporting on Uganda's LGBT community in the years following the notorious "Kill the Gays" bill. Though the bill was struck down, it created a cascade of effects. On one side, activists received international attention and resources, but, on the flip side, the attention brought a kind of allergic reaction of homophobia on the grassroots level. For some members of the LGBT community in Uganda, it may be more dangerous than ever before.
![Sweet Love, a transgender woman, poses for a portrait in the bedroom of the Children of the Sun safe house with her "husband," Kenneth, with whom she has been in a relationship for two years. Image by Jake Naughton. Uganda, 2017.](/sites/default/files/10-03-17/lgbt-uganda-05434.jpg "Sweet Love, a transgender woman, poses for a portrait in the bedroom of the Children of the Sun safe house with her "husband," Kenneth, with whom she has been in a relationship for two years. Image by Jake Naughton. Uganda, 2017.")
![Media file: 2014-08-08_08.53.00-1.jpg](/sites/default/files/10-16-14/2014-08-08_08.53.00-1.jpg ""Why should we want to kill homosexuals for doing something in private that affects no one else? Our job is to love them, to bring them close and show them God's love." Reverend Fred Komunda, St. Peter's Church, Church of Uganda. Image by Daniella Zalcman. Uganda, 2014.")
