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WATCH: "We Know Who We Are" Vid Supports LGBTs in World's Most Homophobic Countries
The new track by Steven James and Quentin Sound raises money and awareness for those suffering from homophobia in Russia, Uganda and Jamaica.
In a powerful new music video, Steven James and Quentin Sound send a message of hope and support to LGBT people living in some of the most homophobic nations in the world: Jamaica, Russia and Uganda.
In Jamaica, sexual acts between men are punishable with up to ten years in prison, while Human Rights Watch documented 56 cases of anti-LGBT violence in 2013—only four led to arrests or prosecutions.
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Russia's rampant homophobia has been well-documented. Though there are no laws criminalizing same-sex activity, a law passed in 2013 banning the spread of propaganda of "non-traditional" sexual relations among minors has led to an increase in homophobic violence.
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Uganda's so-called "Kill the Gays" bill drew interntaional ire, and though the country's parliament didn't succeed in passing the death penalty for homosexual acts between men, "carnal knowledge against the order of nature" carries a potential life sentence in prison.
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Check out the video for "We Know Who We Are" below (which features some distrubing imagery of homophobic violence) and buy the single here on iTunes. 50 percent of proceeds from "We Know Who We Are" will be donated to LGBT youth organizations in Russia, Jamaica and Uganda—Children-404, JFLAG and Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), respectively.
