Lil Nas X Slammed For ‘Gays’ in Africa Tweet Following Anti-LGBTQ Ugandan Legislation

Lil Nas X‘s presence on social media has acquired him in some scorching water as soon as once more … with individuals saying his tweet about ‘gays’ in Africa is extremely insensitive on the heels of great anti-gay laws in Uganda.

The “Outdated City Street” rapper was met with a ton of backlash Wednesday after he tweeted “the place do the gays be in africa i wanna come there”. The tweet got here on the heels Uganda parliament passing some of the sweeping anti-gay legislations on this planet.

The regulation punishes individuals with as much as 10 years behind bars for merely figuring out as homosexual, lesbian, bisexual, queer or something apart from male or feminine.

Extra shockingly, residents will be sentenced to life behind bars for committing homosexual intercourse acts and be sentenced to demise for “aggravated homosexuality” — a broad time period to incorporate intercourse acts dedicated by drive in addition to incest.

After LNX’s tweet, of us shortly hopped on social media to specific their disdain, for what they see as a particularly harmful message. One consumer wrote, “That is so insensitive particularly after Uganda simply introduced the tough punishment of even figuring out as being LGBTQ” … and plenty of others backed these identical sentiments.

As you already know, this is not the primary time he is been within the scorching seat for his social media postings, just lately issuing an apology for making a trans joke on-line.