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

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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 said last month that it cannot act until it receives filings from all the interested parties. Until the Supreme Court rules, President Nana Akufo-Addo says he will not act on the bill, which needs his signature in order to become law. If enacted, the bill would expand on Ghana’s current law that provides a three-year prison sentence for same-sex intimacy. The new bill would add the same punishment for people who: Identify as (“hold out as”) LGBTQ; Participate in gender-reassignment surgery; or Enter into a same-sex marriage or attend a same-sex wedding.

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