Uganda is poised to adopt one of the harshest anti-LGBTQ laws in the world, which may result in cuts to Western aid and will likely raise reputational risks of doing business in the small East African country. Uganda's parliament passed one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ bills on May 2 after months of deliberation with President Yoweri Museveni. The original draft of the legislation criminalized merely identifying as LGBTQ, which Museveni reportedly requested be removed from the final draft. The requirement for reporting homosexual activity was also revised, with the updated version stipulating that people should only report such activity if a child is involved. But the version of the bill that passed retained many of the most severe measures, including long jail terms for ''promoting homosexuality'' and the death penalty for engaging in ''aggravated homosexuality.'' Museveni could still veto the legislation or return it to parliament, but he previously...
