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A giant billboard mounted Ghana's pal, Accra, to mark pri month - to celebrate lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muni - has been pulled down.

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GAY PRI BILLBOARD PULLED DOWN GHANA’S PAL, ACCRA

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Last year, Ghanaian secury shut down a European Unn-supported LGBTQ muny center, and some lawmakers are seekg to make gay rights advocy illegal.

The fight for gay rights Ghana will be an uphill battle as the Wt Ain untry's parliament nsirs a law that will prosecute LGBTQ+ advot. June is a month set asi to celebrate Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer people across the world, but the celebratn is not visible most Ain untri.

In Ghana, for stance, Gay sex is punishable, wh a prison term of three years. Rights groups say the bill is the “worst homophobic document ever”.

GAY PRI BILLBOARD PULLED DOWN GHANA'S PAL

Gay sex is illegal nservative, highly relig Ghana, but a proposed law will crimalise even LGBTQ advocy and impose longer jail terms for same-sex "Promotn of proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian fay valu" bill is parliament, but was wily nmned by the ternatnal muny and rights activists said they put up posters several metr high Accra and two other ci, wh phras such as "Love, Tolerance and Acceptance" posters quickly prompted lls om nservativ for police to take them down.

"Activist groups say the new bill is a setback for human rights Ghana and have lled on Print Nana Akufo-Addo's ernment to reject the bill is wily supported Ghana, where Akufo-Addo has said gay marriage will never be allowed while he is power.

GAY PRI: GHANA AUTHORY PULLS DOWN BILLBOARD PROMOTG GAY ACCRA

Ghana's Anglin bishops also endorsed the bill, sayg LGBTQ beliefs were "unbiblil and ungodly" and also agast Ghanaian tradn and stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and than half the untri sub-Saharan Ain have laws agast homosexualy, wh some punishg wh ath penalty unr sharia law, although there have been no known morn-day executns.

A giant billboard mounted Ghana's pal, Accra, to mark pri month -to celebrate lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muni - has been pulled sign had gone up over the weekend on the N1 Tema motorway, a major highway the cy, acrdg to media some MPs objected to , givg the head of police a 24-hour ultimatum to remove is still unclear who actually removed the sex is punishable the Wt Ain natn wh a prison term of three MP Sam Gee nfirmed a tweet on Thursday eveng that the billboard had been removed. Power to our cultural sovereignty, " he 's parliament has been batg a bill that propos to impose harsh penalti on the LGBT groups say the bill is the "worst homophobic document ever".

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

Gay Pri Billboard. Gay Pri: Ghana Authory pulls down billboard promotg gay Accra.

GAY PRI BILLBOARD DEMOLISHED GHANA’S PAL, ACCRA

A giant billboard mounted Ghana’s pal, Accra, to mark pri month – to celebrate lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muni – has been pulled down.

Gay sex is punishable the Wt Ain natn wh a prison term of three years. It sparked an uproar wh some lawmakers sponsorg the bill aimed crimalizg the activi of lbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenr, queer and tersex (LGBTQI) askg Ghana’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) to, as a matter of urgency, ve those who put up a billboard at the Accra end of the motorway. Ghana is not the only untry Ai, Wt Ai, or the world where foreign powers may believe is the greatt and easit place to beg homosexualy promotn.

I don't dislike gays, but I rpect my untry's tradnal valu, th homosexualy promotn Ghana is somethg I will not support, and any sensible Ghanaian who is aware of Wtern Europe's and the US ernment's v tentns on Ai should not allow US ernment wants you and me to unrstand that Put is a bad man who wants to occupy Ukrae, which is why the war broke out the first place. He went to war to fend his homeland and ernments of the Uned Stat and Wtern Europe are dog everythg they n to e money as a lure to crimalize homosexualy Ghana.

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