Tag: Ghana
Ghana’s new president says anti-LGBTQ bill not needed if schools teach family values
John Mahama, the newly elected president of Ghana, says the country should have no need for the harsh anti-LGBTQ bill that died when the former [...]
2024 LGBTQ rights update: Progress and reversals in Africa
In this article, LGBTQ rights journalist Rob Salerno, an editor for RightsAfrica and Erasing 76 Crimes, surveys the 2024 status of same-sex marriage a [...]
LGBTQ rights defender in Ghana wins U.S. award on Human Rights Day
Human Rights Day honorees this week included LGBTQ rights defender Ebenezer Peegah of Ghana.
Peegah is the founder and executive director of Ri [...]
Traditional people worry Ghana anti-gay bill will target their Indigenous identities
This Canadian Press report was published in the Times Colonist, which is based in Victoria, British Columbia:
By Dylan Robertson
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Ghana: ‘You criminalize them for what? For just being what they are?’
Peter Turkson, a cardinal of the Catholic Church, has distanced himself from a portion of the anti-LGBTQ+ bill that Parliament passed in February [...]
Liberia: Legislator pushes anti-LGBT bill that would jail gay 10-year-olds
A legislator in Liberia is seeking support for a harsh anti-homosexuality bill that he filed in the summer.
So far, he hasn't announced any suc [...]
Don’t flee from Ghana for fear of harsh anti-LGBTQ bill, human rights boss says
Ghana human rights Commissioner Joseph Whittal encourages LGBTQ Ghanaians not to flee the country, despite the possibility that Parliament's harsh [...]
Pope meets African activists, supports their struggle for LGBTIQ rights
Pope Francis this week made a point of supporting the work of African LGBTIQ rights activists, meeting in person with prominent leaders of the LGB [...]
World Bank is undecided: Sanction Ghana if anti-LGBTQ bill takes effect?
Ghana needs help with $20 billion debt, but homophobia might stand in its way
As a supporter of human rights, the World Bank will have a [...]
Open letter: S. Africa must demand human rights in Uganda and Ghana, not just in Gaza
Seventeen social justice organizations have issued an open letter to South Africa's international relations minister, urging him to condemn violat [...]
Ghana Parliament OKs harsh anti-LGBTQ bill; it goes to the president next
Breaking news update:
A coalition of human rights advocates is urging the president of Ghana to reject an extreme anti-LGBTQ bill that Parlia [...]
Challenge to University of Ghana: Put an end to anti-gay attacks
Human rights groups are pushing the University of Ghana to take stronger action in response to a widely publicized anti-gay attack that occurr [...]
Ghana abuzz as parliament begins debate of harsh anti-LGBTQ bill
The parliament of Ghana is currently debating whether to pass an anti-LGBTQ+ bill that in some ways is worse than the Anti-Homosexuality Law recen [...]
Setback for Ghana’s ‘worst anti-LGBTQ bill ever’
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Godfred Yeboah Dame, Ghana's attorney-general and min [...]
Ghana court returns three men to jail for homophobic violence
Defendants are accused of assault, robbery and blackmail
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Ghana: Anti-gay legislators crank up homophobia for political gain
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Anglican leader and Ghana leader dance around issue of ‘worst anti-gay bill ever’
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the President of Ghana on Tuesday tiptoed around the issue of the extreme anti-gay bill currently awaiting action in [...]
Ghana official falsely claims ‘no known record’ of anti-gay violence; anti-LGBTQ attacks persist
Anti-LGBTQ violence continued in Ghana after the nation's Attorney-General and Minister of Justice deceptively claimed before a U.N. Human Rights Coun [...]
Homophobic attackers target LGBTQ+ activist as he is installed as a chief in Ghana
West African LGBTQ+ rights activist Davis Mac-Iyalla was attacked over the weekend as he took part in a ceremony installing him as a chief in central [...]
Speaker of Ghana parliament stymies plans for ‘worst anti-LGBTQ bill ever’
Ghana's parliament has adjourned for the year without taking promised and predicted action on a long-threatened proposal known as the "worst anti-LGBT [...]
Twitter’s cutbacks open the door to more online anti-LGBTQ abuse
Twitter's chaotic staff cutbacks, including emptying its one office in Africa and firing human rights staff, could cause serious damage to LGBTQ Afric [...]
Ghana: Homophobes kidnap LGBTQ+ rights leader
The leader of Ghana's LGBTQ+ rights group Rightify Ghana was kidnapped for ransom by seven homophobic men and later released after they were paid, the [...]
Ghana hotline serves LBQT victims of gender-based violence
One Love Sisters Ghana has launched a gender-based violations hotline where LBQT people can report gender-based abuses and seek assistance.
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A year after the arrest of 21 activists in Ghana, where do we go from here?
A year after the arrest of 21 human rights activists on homosexuality-related charges in Ho, Ghana, an activist/researcher asks: Where do we go from h [...]
Anti-gay vs. gay-friendly religion go head-to-head in Ghana
The Presbyterian Church of Ghana has come out in favor of harsh penalties for public displays of same-sex affection and for anyone who supports LGBTQ [...]
Ghana is warned: Passing anti-LGBTQ bill would harm the economy
The economic damage that would be caused by passage of Ghana's extreme anti-LGBTQ bill was highlighted at a Parliamentary hearing this week.
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A year of progress on global LGBTQ rights, but so much remains to do
COMMENTARY: U.S. support of worldwide LGBTQ rights during the first year of the Biden administration led to "significant progress" but "there is far t [...]
Ghana drops charges against 5 who were beaten and then arrested
A circuit court in Ghana has dropped charges against five LGBTQ people who were attacked by a homophobic mob on Oct. 19, 2021. After the assault, the [...]
Rightify Ghana launches fundraising appeal to expand advocacy for LGBTQI+ people
A leading LGBT advocacy group in Ghana that has put a spotlight on what it calls the "worst anti-LGBTQ bill ever" is seeking donations from LGBTQ righ [...]
As anti-LGBTQ bill awaits action, Ghana leader opposes bias ‘in every form’
Ghana's president says that all types of discrimination must be eliminated before AIDS can be conquered. However, Ghana's parliament is still consider [...]
Biden is silent when a loud message on global LGBT rights is needed
COMMENTARY: The United States has missed important opportunities to send a strong, clear, much-needed message about the nation's commitment to global [...]
Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ bill leads to surge in anti-LGBTQ violence
"The anti- LGBTQI bill in the Parliament of Ghana is fueling hate and emboldens homophobic individuals and groups to harm LGBTQ persons. The worrying [...]
African and French activists unite against Ghana’s extreme anti-LGBT bill
LGBT rights activists traveled from West Africa to France earlier this month to join forces with French activists in opposition to the extreme anti-LG [...]
Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ bill followed Americans’ anti-LGBTQ meeting in Ghana
A US Christian group with ties to a global far-right movement may have influenced the recent push for a draconian bill criminalizing LGBTQ people and [...]
Update on Ghana’s ‘worst anti-LGBTQ bill ever’. (To stay up to date, donate)
Ghana's parliament is gearing up to act on a draconian proposal that has been labeled “the worst anti-LGBTQ bill ever”. The latest news about that bi [...]
Introducing 7 African LGBTQ+ activists working for change
Vogue Magazine published an article last month profiling seven outstanding activists fighting to improve LGBTQ+ rights across Africa
The articl [...]
UN human rights experts oppose Ghana anti-LGBTQ bill
Opponents of Ghana's harsh anti-LGBTQ proposal have gained new allies -- UN human rights experts.
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Ghana’s first openly trans musician fights homophobia with song
Ghana’s first openly transgender musician has released a song to boost the morale of the West African nation’s LGBT+ community as it faces a crackdown [...]
Ghana court drops case against 21 LGBT+ activists
A court in Ghana dismissed the case against 21 LGBT+ activists, ruling there was not enough evidence to prove they had gathered unlawfully on May 20, [...]
Thousands petition Ghana parliament to block ‘worst anti-LGBTQ bill ever’
A bill labeled the 'worst anti-LGBTQ bill ever’ had its first reading in the Ghana parliament today while thousands of people signed a petition urging [...]
Anti-gay Ghana legislators propose ‘the worst anti-LGBTQ bill ever’
The "most homophobic document the world has ever seen" is how LGBTQ rights activists describe Ghana's sweeping anti-homosexuality bill recently reveal [...]
France drops homophobic Senegal, Ghana, Benin from ‘safe’ countries list
In a decision mostly focused on the dangers facing LGBT people in homophobic nations, Benin, Senegal and Ghana have been dropped from the list of "saf [...]
Anti-gay bill reaches Ghana parliament, boosted by speaker
The speaker of Ghana's parliament has predicted that Ghana will enact a new anti-homosexuality law within the next six months.
On June 29, he r [...]
After 3-week delay, Ghana releases 21 human rights defenders
After three weeks of detention without trial, a High Court in Ghana granted bail for 21 people who were arrested May 20 at a training session about hu [...]
Ghana protest: 21 people arrested at LGBTQI rights training session
LGBTQI rights activists are calling for the release of 21 people arrested yesterday at a meeting in southeastern Ghana where they were being trained t [...]
In hiding, Ghana’s queer activists keep up the fight
Despite having to flee after the state raided their offices, members of LGBT+ Rights Ghana vow to continue to work for legal recognition in a country [...]
‘Lesbian wedding’ arrestees freed; Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ furor continues
Ghana police have freed the people they arrested last weekend at a party that police believed was a "lesbian wedding". Meanwhile, homophobic campaigns [...]
Ghana: Police arrest 14 at party, suspecting it was a ‘lesbian wedding’
[This article has been revised to state that 14 LGBTQ people were arrested at the party -- a revised figure reported by the African Equality Centr [...]
Ghana counselors see business opportunity in anti-gay uproar
Some anti-gay counselors and psychologists in Ghana have decided that the nation's ongoing anti-LGBTQ uproar is a good time to publicize treatment of [...]
Leader of Ghana parliament vows passage of strict anti-LGBTQI bill
The Speaker of Ghana's Parliament declared today (Monday) that parliament will pass a strict anti-LGBTQI bill later this year, according to a report f [...]