Tag: Ghana
LGBTQ+ Rights Ghana appeals for help from President Akufo-Addo
The advocacy group LGBT+ Rights Ghana yesterday appealed to Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo for protection.
A letter to Akufo-Addo from [...]
Ghana: Police raid LGBT+ center; activists call for boycott
After police raided Ghana's new LGBT+ center on Wednesday, gay-rights activists called for a boycott of anti-LGBT leaders and celebrities in the West [...]
New LGBT+ center triggers holy war of words in Ghana
The opening of an LGBTQ+ safe house and advocacy office in Ghana has sparked heated disputes over what the Bible and Pope Francis have to say about ho [...]
Ghana: LGBT+ safe house opens; anti-gay crusader in a rage
As the advocacy group LGBT+ Rights Ghana celebrates the opening of a new office and safe space for the nation's LGBTQ+ community, the organization has [...]
Businesses of at-risk Ugandans will get Covid-19 aid
Uganda is among five countries that will benefit from a new fund which will support social entrepreneurs and micro-businesses owned by key populations [...]
Boosting LGBTIQ rights in West Africa, one grant at a time
A new organization is promoting LGBTQI rights in West Africa by financing initiatives run by the region's LGBTQI communities.
From the Africa [...]
Ghana: 47% of LGBT teens engage in self-harm
In Ghana. nearly half of LGBT youths engage in self-harm, a new survey found. That compares with less than a quarter of heterosexual youths.
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Conservative Christians block LGBT+ meeting in Ghana
Ghana has blocked a LGBT+ rights conference planned for July, bowing to complaints from conservative Christians.
From the African Human Rig [...]
Ghana: God ‘made us a tad different but still in his image’ — with glitter
In the new video "Voices of the Rainbow," LGBTIQ+ Ghanaians describe myths and misconceptions about their community and tell how straight people can b [...]
Commentary: Ghana needs a visit from U.N.’s SOGI expert
Ghana may be ready for a visit from the U.N.'s expert on sexual minorities, commentator Kwaku Adomako states in Modern Ghana.
From the Afri [...]
Nigerian model becomes the first trans contestant in a beauty pageant
Transgender Nigerian woman Veso Golden Oke, age 25, is competing in a beauty pageant in Ghana alongside other women.
By Mike Daemon
In Afric [...]
LGBT in West Africa: Arrests, lynchings, discrimination, denial
West African nations display a mix of mostly abusive responses to LGBT people, including denial that they exist, lynchings and arrests even without an [...]