LGBT advocates gathered in Uganda on Monday to vow opposition to the country’s new anti-gay law. Uganda’s parliament passed a measure last week that imposes a sentence of life in prison for repeated homosexual acts. It also makes it a crime not to report LGBT people. Ugandan activist Kasha Jacqueline vowed to challenge the measure in court.

Kasha Jacqueline: “If we fail in the courts of Uganda, we shall go to the African Court. And if we fail in the African Court, we shall go to the international court. Because the reason why, actually, we are not already in court when this bill was passed, because you cannot challenge something that is not already passed. When it was proposed in Parliament, we couldn’t challenge it, because you cannot challenge something that is not passed. But now that it’s passed, it has actually made us stronger. It has paved a way, a shorter way for us to go to the constitutional court. And for us, that’s one positive thing we’ve seen about this, despite all the setbacks.”

A number of U.S. evangelicals have been tied to anti-LGBTQ fervor in Uganda, with some reportedly helping draft the newly passed law.