Like Nigeria, the New Anti-Gay Bill Proposed Ghana Will Dtroy Liv

Contents:

• EXPLAER: WHAT MAK GHANA’S ANTI-GAY BILL SO EXTREME?
• TOP 13 COUNTRI WH BIGGT GAY POPULATNS
• GAY ACTIVISTS GHANA MAND RELEASE OF 21 PEOPLE ARRTED AT LGBTQI NFERENCE
• HOW 2 GAY MEN LIVE A COUNTRY WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
• GAY LIFE GHANA--IN DANGER AND IN THE CLOSET
• ONE PERCENT OF GHANAIANS ARE GAY OR LBIAN
• GHANA: ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSG 10-YEAR PRISON SENTENC SPARKS OUTRAGE
• THE NEW ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSED GHANA WILL DTROY LIV

EXPLAER: WHAT MAK GHANA’S ANTI-GAY BILL SO EXTREME?

If passed s current form, rights groups say uld spark a wch-hunt of sexual mori, advocy groups and “alli”, forcg the public to report on their are some of the ma measur, wh excerpts om the bill self:A clampdown on LGBTQ+ intyThe law would crimalise, wh up to five years prison, intifyg as a LGBTQ+ person, havg a gay relatnship or terurse. (A) person ms an offence if the person holds out as a lbian, a gay, a transgenr, a transsexual, a queer, a pansexual, an ally ….

Shone Apong, a paralegal and advote for mori Ghana, says the bill is an attack on the existence of anyone believed to be gay or queer. It was put forward by a cross-party group of MPs led by Sam Gee, an opposn MP and one of the most proment anti-gay figur parliament. Top 13 Countri wh Biggt Gay Populatns Fance Watchlists My Portfol Markets Optns: Hight Open Intert Optns: Hight Implied Volatily News Vios Yahoo Fance Pl Screeners Personal Fance High-yield savgs acunt rat Crypto Indtri Contact Us S&P Futur Dow Futur Nasdaq Futur Rsell 2000 Futur C Oil Gold Silver EUR/USD 10-Yr Bond Vix GBP/USD USD/JPY B USD CMC Crypto 200 FTSE 100 Nikkei 225 Top 13 Countri wh Biggt Gay PopulatnsThe top 13 untri wh the biggt gay populatns are surprisgly very rarely the list of untri where gay marriage is legal.

Click to skip ahead and jump to the top 5 untri wh the biggt gay gay populatns has e a long way om beg persecuted for simply existg across the world, to beg able to safely marry over 20 untri. However, there is still a very long way to go, pecially many untri where beg gay is equivalent to mtg a ser crime, even though the former hurts no one, except perhaps some people's the Uned Stat is known for claimg champns human rights, we all know that only champns the rights of whe mal. In 1969, the Stonewall Inn New York Cy was raid by police, a sanctuary for homosexuals, triggerg outrage across the untry and is said to be a landmark moment the progrs of gay rights.

TOP 13 COUNTRI WH BIGGT GAY POPULATNS

10 Gayt Countri In Europeno/ I mentned earlier, many untri, homosexualy is still illegal, and even punishable by ath.

Most of the untri who severely crimalize homosexualy are Mlim, as Islam has always severely been agast homosexualy.

Even untri where s not a severe crime, or even not a crime at all, the stigma wh homosexualy still exs, bee of which many people are still reluctant g out. Most of the untri are prent the 15 most dangero untri for gay homosexualy is a naturally occurrg event (no matter what your relign tells you) that is not affected by race, culture or any other discrimatory factor, every untry should have a siar percentage of gay people. Sendly, gay people may move to other untri which are more receptive to homosexuals, such as the 11 most gay iendly ci the world.

GAY ACTIVISTS GHANA MAND RELEASE OF 21 PEOPLE ARRTED AT LGBTQI NFERENCE

Bee of the limatns, there are very few studi, but we found a relevant one om the US Natnal Center for Btechnology Informatn, which lculated the number of gay and bisexual men each untry om UNAIDs timat and social media. We also lculated the per pal homosexual populatn of each untry after obtag the total populatns of each untry om World Bank.

Gambia has strict laws agast homosexualy, but the homosexual populatn has a strong prence social media and hence, mak our list. MraniaExpect many more Ain untri this list, where aga spe a small populatn, there is a strong prence of homosexuals on social media. Ivory CoastWhile the Ivory Coast, homosexual acts are legal private, that is not te for public gay acts, and n land you prison for a cent length of time.

GhanaThe ernment self has e down on Ghanians who engage homosexual relatns, and any gay people n the risk of gog to jail for any such acts. UkraeWhile homosexualy is not officially illegal Ukrae as is most untri we've already mentned, the prevalent attu is extremely negative towards homosexuals who face extreme discrimatn.

HOW 2 GAY MEN LIVE A COUNTRY WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL

NigeriaNigeria has one of the most rtrictive anti homosexual laws the world, but if anythg, this list is proof that reprsg somethg will not be able to ever eradite . Donkor said the nference which the police had tagged an “unlawful assembly” was a paralegal trag for gay activists as discrimatn agast sexual mori remas rife Ghana.

Intolerance and vlence agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people have ntued to thrive among Ghana’s populatn, acrdg to Human Rights Watch. The gay activist hop that the #ReleaseThe21 mpaign would expand the public nversatn around tolerance and rpect for gay rights Ghana. Some 37 Ain untri crimalize homosexual relatnships, wh penalti rangg om mismeanors to ath sentenc, acrdg to a Human Rights Campaign Foundatn and Human Rights First report released Tuday.

In Ghana, a untry often regard as among the most progrsively mocratic natns Ai, homosexualy remas illegal, punishable by up to three years imprisonment.

GAY LIFE GHANA--IN DANGER AND IN THE CLOSET

A recent Pew survey of var untri, not all Ain, reveals that 98 percent of Ghanaians feel that homosexualy is “morally unacceptable, ” the hight percentage of any untry surveyed. “In Ghana, everybody is culturally and religly bld, ” says Fred K., an openly gay man livg the Ghanaian pal of Accra who didn’t want to share his last name for fear of crimal and social repercsns.

“My fellow gays don’t want anythg to be legalized, ” Nana Yaw, a human rights activist and openly gay man, says. “I had vised Ghana six tim ( the last five years), on bs and pleasure, and had never really explored gay life that untry, bee of my mandg bs schle.

On my vis to Ghana June 2003, I fally met wh my “new” young gay Ghanaian iend, who then troduced me to the “not so closeted” gay Ghanaian life. Most of the gays that equent the night spots are not rtraed eher drs or behavur and fely seem to be out of the closet, at least whilst they are at the venu. They equent the and var nightspots offerg their “servic” to the unspectg tourist and then end up blackmailg the tourist, takg advantage of the illegal stat of the beg gay Ghana.

ONE PERCENT OF GHANAIANS ARE GAY OR LBIAN

On the topic of lbian relatnships, Cam was told that they are more acceptable to the heterosexual muny than are gay relatnships between two men, but no reason was given for this.

“One of the young gay men, 27 years of age, that I beme good iends wh, has been married for a jt over a month, and is ready to “father” his first child. He is que relaxed wh the whole arrangement, and has fully accepted that he is gay and not a heterosexual who is nfed sexually or a bi-sexual! He, however, is only 22 years of age and told me that even though his mother knows that he is gay, he will probably be prsurised about five years time to marry and father a child.

“Que a few gay Ghanaians are talkg about formg Lbian and Gay Associatns and have admired and held South Ain Gay activists high teem over many years. Hopefully the gays Ghana will emulate their South Ain sisters and brothers and “break open their closet doors” for good wh the next few years. Over a thoand protters Ghana have staged a massive monstratn amidst a heavy downpour the oil cy, Sekondi -Takoradi the Wtern regn to exprs their opposn to the growg activi of gay and lbians that part of Wt Ain untry.

GHANA: ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSG 10-YEAR PRISON SENTENC SPARKS OUTRAGE

The protters fied to engeer their displeasure as they went through the prcipal streets of the metropolis wieldg plards followg an alleged report that close to 60 gays and lbians om the Eastern, Ashanti and Central regns of that untry, have attend a get-together held Tanokrom and other suburbs of the cy. The Lear of the monstrators, Saeed Hamid, told AiNews that the monstratn was meant to draw ernment’s attentn to the nduct of the gays and lbians the untry, particularly the Wtern Regn. Acrdg to the anti-gay and Lbians group, even though people had the right to choose var sexual orientatns and associate wh whatever group they sire, the nstutn also owns on the activi of gays and lbians.

They are therefore llg on the ernment to clearly state what the law says about homosexualy and possibly crimalize the practice. He was however worried that Takoradi is gradually beg a hub for gays and lbians hence their cisn to rist the ‘’ungodly act’’.

The Mster advised the group not to take the law to their own hands by attackg the alleged gays and lbians their muni sce that would be a breach of the law. A recent march by over a thoand Ghanian Mlims agast “the growg activi of gays and lbians” this Wt-Ain untry, uld hamper iativ that target Men havg sex wh Men (MSM), such as HIV and Aids terventns, activists have warned. Mac-Darlg Cobbahof the Centre for Popular Edutn and Human Rights Ghana, an anisatn that also ters for the MSM muny said, followg a march that went through prcipal streets of the Metropolis agast homosexualy, after an alleged report that close to 60 gays and lbians om eastern, Ashanti and Central regns of that untry were attendg a get-together held Tanokrom.

THE NEW ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSED GHANA WILL DTROY LIV

He poted out that the growg visibily of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) muny many parts of Ghana and the sudn “ep tert” by the media to “dig” for lbian and gay issu uld have sparked the anti-gay march. The Ghanaian nstutn affirms and protects all human rights for Ghanian cizens and this ntradicts the Crimal Co 1960 – Chapter 6, Sexual Offenc Article 105, which crimalis homosexual behavr amongst gay men. S that were listed clu hom, out wh iends, nightclubs, gay-iendly bars, hotels, rtrants, schools and mp, and harbours.

" A stunt who says he is exclively gay — "I met a guy whom I know to be gay, and he said he would buy thgs I need and he did. " A gay Stunt — "There are a lot of refuge volved this due to fancial problems, and all the people need to be treated when they are sick.