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Added on: 12/10/2024

Traditional people worry Ghana anti-gay bill will target their Indigenous identities

12/09/2024

Traditional healer Naa Busuafi used to feel empowered when leaving tribal ceremonies held on the outskirts of Accra, proud to be living out practices that colonists sought…

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Added on: 12/09/2024

Winner of Ghana’s presidential election will scrutinize anti-LGBTQ bill, might sign it

12/08/2024

John Mahama, former president of Ghana and the apparent victor in today’s presidential election, has said he will scrutinize the harsh anti-LGBTQ+ bill that Parliament passed in…

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Added on: 12/03/2024

Anti-gay bill targets promotion, not LGBTQ+ people — Former Justice Minister

12/03/2024

Ghana’s Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021, is not intended to target LGBTQ individuals but seeks to prevent the promotion of…

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Added on: 12/01/2024

Ghana parties stoke anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment ahead of election

11/30/2024

Ghana’s LGBTQ+ community faces an impossible choice in next month’s general elections after the leading presidential candidates all promised to crack down on gay rights to tap…

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Added on: 11/23/2024

Ghana Supreme Court prepares to rule on harsh anti-LGBTQ bill

11/22/2024

The Ghana Supreme Court has set Dec. 18 as the date when it will rule on whether the harsh anti-LGBTQ bill that Parliament passed in February is…

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Added on: 11/08/2024

U.S. anti-LGBTQ+ groups’ spending in Africa soars, report finds

11/06/2024

U.S. conservative groups have significantly increased spending in Africa amid a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation across the continent. The revelations were published by the Amsterdam-based Institute for Journalism…

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Added on: 10/16/2024

Don’t flee from Ghana for fear of harsh anti-LGBTQ bill, human rights boss says

10/15/2024

Ghana human rights Commissioner Joseph Whittal encourages LGBTQ Ghanaians not to flee the country, despite the possibility that Parliament’s harsh anti-LGBTQ+ bill might survive a review by…

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Added on: 10/12/2024

Ghana Supreme Court defends its slow pace on anti-LGBTQ bill

10/11/2024

Ghana’s Supreme Court is under fire from anti-LGBTQ legislators for not issuing a ruling on a harsh anti-LGBTQ bill that Parliament passed in February. But the court…

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Added on: 10/09/2024

Speed up judgment on court case against anti-LGBTQ bill – groups mount pressure on chief justice of Ghana

10/08/2024

One group wey dey call dem Arise Ghana togeda wit some religious groups don hit di streets to protest against di delay by di supreme court to…

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Added on: 10/07/2024

Ablakwa dares NAPO to prove LGBTQ curriculum claims

10/07/2024

North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has challenged to Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh (Napo) over recent claims regarding his involvement in promoting LGBTQ-related content. Mr Ablakwa, in a…

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Added on: 09/15/2024

Ghana: As anti-LGBTQ+ bill remains stalled, man marches against it in Accra

09/14/2024

Ghanaian Texas Kadir Moro concluded a series of solo demonstrations for LGBTQ+ rights in Accra on Thursday (Sep. 12). “Justice begins where inequality ends” or “judging others…

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Added on: 09/14/2024

Meet the straight ally who is protesting Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ bill

09/13/2024

Texas Kadiri Moro stood in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Accra on Thursday, dressed in short pink Speedos and a pink polo shirt. Accompanied…

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Added on: 08/28/2024

How Ghana’s LGBTQ+ community is fighting the country’s deadly “Family Values” bill

08/27/2024

Like every other queer community on the continent already living in fear after being targeted with draconian anti-gay laws, the LGBTQ+ community in Ghana was the latest…

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Added on: 08/02/2024

Ghana’s traditional leaders urge President to act on Anti-LGBTQI bill or face God’s wrath

08/01/2024

The bill, officially known as “The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021,” has been a subject of intense debate and controversy…

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Added on: 07/26/2024

Ghana’s top court upholds law criminalizing gay sex

07/25/2024

Ghana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a six-decade-old law criminalizing gay sex as the west African country awaits another court decision on whether to introduce even harsher…

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Added on: 07/18/2024

Ghana supreme court defers ruling on anti-LGBTQ bill

07/17/2024

Ghana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred its ruling on a request to restrain parliament from transmitting a highly contested anti-LGBTQ bill to President Nana Akufo-Addo for his final…

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Added on: 07/16/2024

Ghana’s brazen move to outlaw LGBTQI groups is the latest attack on freedom of association in Africa

07/15/2024

The fundamental freedoms of assembly, expression and association for queer individuals are under siege. These are sentiments Graeme Reid, an expert on protection against violence and discrimination…

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Added on: 07/05/2024

How Ghana’s anti-gay bill impacts the LGBTQ+ community

07/04/2024

Mohammed is 27 years old and gay. However, he has yet to come out about his sexuality. Like many other LGBTQ+ Ghanaians, he fears going public. That’s because Ghana’s…

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Added on: 06/25/2024

What are the legal challenges to Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill?

06/24/2024

Courts in Ghana are considering multiple legal challenges to the West African country’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill with its top court due to deliver its first decision on July…

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Added on: 06/19/2024

Suspected gay escapes lynching at Assin Fosu

06/19/2024

An alleged gay, identified as “Junior”, has been mercilessly beaten for allegedly attempting to have a sexual affair with a young man in Assin Fosu, located in…

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Added on: 06/07/2024

West won’t accept polygamy so shouldn’t force LGBTQ+ acceptance on us, says Ghana’s vice-president

06/06/2024

Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party’s presidential candidate, has said he will not tolerate LGBTQ+ activities if elected, because they conflict with the Ghana’s values. Ghana’s presidential elections on 7…

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Added on: 06/07/2024

Discrimination persists against LGBTQ+ refugees – both at home and in host countries

06/06/2024

As countries around the globe mark Pride month, the plight of members of the LGBTQ+ community around the world continues to worsen. Gay, lesbian and trans people…

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Added on: 05/16/2024

‘We can’t give up on humanity’: Ghanaians fight antigay law

05/15/2024

Alex Kofi Donkor is used to speaking out in support of Ghana’s LGBTQ+ community. For the past eight years, the activist has fearlessly led protests and panel…

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Added on: 05/09/2024

Ghana’s top court postpones hearing on challenge to anti-LGBTQ bill

05/08/2024

ACCRA, May 8 (Reuters) – Ghana’s Supreme Court said on Wednesday that lawyers battling over the legality of one of Africa’s most restrictive anti-LGBTQ bill must amend…

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Added on: 05/08/2024

Ghana’s fight over anti-gay law threatens $20 billion debt deal – Bloomberg report

05/07/2024

Ghana’s Supreme Court will on Wednesday May 8, 2024 start hearing a case that has the potential to both threaten the West African country’s 20 billion debt…

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Added on: 05/05/2024

We speak to Ohotuowo Ogbeche about the impact of Ghana’s new anti-LGBTQ law

05/04/2024

The west African country of Ghana has passed some of the harshest anti-LGBT laws. The country imposes gaol terms for anyone identifying as LGBTQ, anyone who founds…

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Added on: 04/27/2024

Ghana and Uganda echo each other’s clamp down on gay people

04/26/2024

Ghana, despite its more solid reputation for democracy and respect for human rights than authoritarian Uganda, is joining it in more stringently criminalising homosexuality – and vacillating…

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Added on: 04/25/2024

Legislating Identity: A Critical Analysis of the Anti-LGBT Bills in Kenya and Ghana

04/24/2024

Recent Afrobarometer survey data (Round 8, 2019-2021) paints a stark picture with 86% of Kenyans and 93% of Ghanaians expressing intolerance towards the LGBT community. This high level of…

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Added on: 04/19/2024

LGBT Ghanaians await court ruling on restrictive new law

04/18/2024

ACCRA (Reuters) – Members of Ghana’s LGBT community and activists are waiting to see whether the West African country’s president will sign into law a bill that…

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Added on: 04/12/2024

Ghana ruling party presidential candidate says he opposes same-sex relations

04/11/2024

ACCRA (Reuters) -The presidential candidate of Ghana’s ruling party, Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia, said on Thursday he was opposed to “the practice of homosexuality”, a stance he promised…