<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Life As A Gay&nbsp;Ugandan]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[
<p><em>Time</em> <a href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1969667,00.html">reports</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>About a year ago, her partner&#39;s father assaulted [Pepe Julian Onziema] when he saw the couple walking down the street together. She ended up bruised and battered, her clothes torn and with a mild concussion.&#0160;<span class="see"></span> </p>
<p>In comparison to the open hostility Onziema faces from the outside world, at her and her girlfriend&#39;s airy apartment in a Kampala, life is beautifully mundane domesticity. Her partner cooks, and Onziema chimes in that she does too in a way that makes it obvious that she doesn&#39;t. They both clean, they have friends over for beers, they watch music videos. Onziema wants more. She bought her girlfriend a ring and hopes to get married. &quot;But if we get married, her dad has to give her away,&quot; Onziema says, discouraged by the torn jeans she keeps from the night of the attack.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>(Hat tip: <a href="http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/03/08/20862?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BoxTurtleBulletin+%28Box+Turtle+Bulletin%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">BTB</a>)</p>
]]></html></oembed>