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Uganda gays wear masks in parade

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: August 10, 2014 at 3:33 a.m.

Scores of Ugandan homosexuals marched through sprawling botanical gardens in the lakeside town of Entebbe on Saturday, their first pride parade since a Ugandan court invalidated a controversial anti-gay law.


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