Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni Denied Hotel Reservations Over Anti-Gay Stance

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni was denied reservations at two
hotels in the US over his government's anti-gay stance.

According to Dallas Voices a site for the rights of the gay community
in Dallas, Texas gay activists in the area forced two hotels to cancel
the Ugandan president's bookings.

Museveni who made an official visit to Dallas Texas had been denied
accommodations at the Four Seasons Hotel which was the first hotel he
had booked into.

Dallas Voices reports that his entourage then tried to get another
reservation at Gaylord Hotel where they were again denied a
reservation.

Museveni confirmed the incident through a statement released on his
behalf by Sarah Kagingo, Special Presidential Assistant for
Communications.

"My people made hotel bookings for me, but homosexuals blocked it,"
said Museveni at the Howdy Lone Star ranch in Texas.

In February this year, Museveni had irked Western countries rights
groups across the world when he signed the country's anti-gay bill
into law.

The law which was struck down by Uganda's constitutional law in August
imposed harsh penalties for homosexuality including long prison
sentences.