A disgusting Facebook page that took a cue from Uganda's Rolling Stone newspaper to call for a "witch hunt" against identified and named LGBT Ugandans has been taken down by the social network. 

We devoted plenty of pixels in 2012 to the story of British producer David Cecil, who was jailed and faced criminal charges in Uganda after staging a gay-related play in the notoriously anti-gay African nation. Finally, we have good news to report in Cecil's case. Follow the jump for the welcome change of pace!

If you thought tabloids in the U.S. were bad, they seem to have nothing on the Ugandan tabloid Red Pepper. For its new issue released today, the tabloid debuted a cover story featuring x-rated images that it claims shows Chris Mubiru, chief of the Uganda Cranes football team, allegedly having sex with a young team player. 

With the "Kill the Gays" bill thisclose to becoming law in Uganda before the end of the year, activist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera wants to share her story of life as a gay Ugandan with the rest of the world. Check out Waywire's interview with the humanitarian award-winning founder and executive director of Freedom to Roam Uganda after the jump. 

Citibank, one of the biggest businesses in Uganda, has today refused to take a stand against the African nation's "Kill the Gays" legislation. More info after the jump.

Does Uganda's "Kill The Gays" bill still contain the death penalty?

It was reported last week that the death penalty provision had been removed in committee, but Ugandan LGBT activists are stating otherwise. 

More after the jump.

With Uganda's "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" (we guess we're not calling it the "Kill The Gays" bill anymore) moving forward, the United States is speaking out with against its potential passage. 

Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson visited Uganda this weekend and relayed the Obama administration's "vocal" concerns about the bill.

More after the jump.

As Uganda's "Kill the Gays" bill gets closer to becoming the law of the land, BoxTurtleBulletin's Jim Burroway takes a magnifying glass to the wide-sweeping legislation.

So what confusing clauses are about to put a lot of Ugandans (not just the LGBT!) to death? 

The Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the Ugandan Parliament   passed an anti-homosexuality bill out of committee today.

More after the jump. 

It looks like Uganda is on its way to making good on its promise to deliver a truckload of dead LGBT as a Christmas gift to homophobic Christians. Details follow. 

The "Kill the Gays" Bill has appeared on Uganda's Parliamentary Agenda. 

While we're busy celebrating the landmark breakthroughs for gay rights in the United States, the gay community in Uganda appears to be facing a dangerous assault on their freedom, courtesy of the Ugandan government. 

According to the speaker of the country's parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, Uganda's anti-gay bill will be passed before the end of 2012. 

More after the jump.

David Cecil, the producer of Uganda's first staged play dealing with homosexual subject matter, "The River and the Mountain," was released on bail from jail today after his arrest for defying Ugandan authorities by staging the production. 

More after the jump.