When 22-year-old Wendy Faith shared a Valentine’s Day kiss with 21-year-old Alesi Diana Denise in Uganda — a country infamous for enforcing some of the world’s strictest anti-LGBTQ laws — the lives of both women were about to take a complicated turn.
Faith and Denise, residents of Arua, a commercial hub in the northwest, have been charged with offenses related to homosexuality and indecency, according to a charge sheet obtained by CNN.
In the East African nation, like in some others on the continent, being LGBTQ also means being at risk of being jailed.
Consensual same-sex relations between adults can lead to life imprisonment in Uganda. A law, implemented in 2023, also…