A heterosexual Muslim man has taken a stand against a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill in Ghana by undertaking a one-man demonstration against the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2021. Texas Kadiri Moro, a teacher and father of six, undertook a one-man demonstration against the bill, which seeks to criminalise members of the LGBTQ+ community […]
Ghana’s top court has upheld a six-decade-old law criminalising same-sex sexual acts as the west African country awaits another court decision on whether to introduce even harsher penalties in a new bill. The seven-member panel dismissed a lawsuit challenging the law, with presiding Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie saying reasons for the decision will be given later. […]
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) is calling on Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo to repeal the “discriminatory” LGBTQ+ Bill passed by Ghana’s Parliament in what is widely seen as further criminalisation of LGBTQ+ communities in the West African country. The IBAHRI regards the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill (the Bill) […]
Lawmakers in Senegal, West Africa have drafted a law that would enforce even harsher punishments for the country’s repressed LGBTQ+ community.
An anti-LGBTQ+ bill is gaining traction in Ghana after being described as the “toughest anti-gay law” in the world.
MPs and lawmakers in Ghana have formed a ‘Believers against LGBTQ+’ alliance.
The first LGBTQ+ rights centre in Ghana has launched a fundraiser after the hub was raided by police.
Nana Akufo-Addo, the president of Ghana, has said he will never legalise same-sex marriage amid international criticism of the country’s treatment of LGBTQ+ people.
Reporter, Ignatius Annor from Ghana, came out as gay on live TV, and shared a message of solidarity with the country’s LGBTQ+ community.
The first LGBTQ+ community hub has been set up in the capital of Ghana, where same-sex relations are still illegal and punishable by imprisonment.
