Explaer: what mak Ghana’s anti-gay bill so extreme? | Global velopment | The Guardian

Contents:

• ANTI-GAY BILL WILL TRODUCE MORE PROBLEMS FOR THAN WE HAVE - INAH FEI
• EXPLAER: WHAT MAK GHANA’S ANTI-GAY BILL SO EXTREME?
• LEGAL AGENDA: IS THIS NOT MADNS? - SAM GEE FENDS ANTI-GAY BILL
• HERE ARE THE PENALTI FOR DIVIDUALS FOUND VLATN OF THE ANTI-GAY BILL WHEN IS PASSED

ANTI-GAY BILL WILL TRODUCE MORE PROBLEMS FOR THAN WE HAVE - INAH FEI

A former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inah Fei, has dited that the anti-gay bill currently before parliament uld brg about more problems for Ghana than the posiv aims to achieve. The current state of the Promotn of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu, popularly known as the anti-gay bill, is that parliament has adopted the bill. 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.

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

(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 …. A duty to reportAnyone ma aware of gay acts who fails to report them uld also be crimalised.

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. Both are active Ai and other parts of the world fightg agast abortn rights and gay rights. Passg the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu bill would further rce eedoms a untry where gay sex is already punishable wh up to three years jail, crics and activists Odoi, an amic rearcher, filed a lawsu on July 7 challengg the bill's nstutnaly, sayg would impact donor aid and other forms of fancial support.

LEGAL AGENDA: IS THIS NOT MADNS? - SAM GEE FENDS ANTI-GAY BILL

Ghana's Supreme Court on Wednday led her arguments were not sufficiently nvcg to grant an lg cleared the way for the bill, one of the harsht towards the LGBTQ muny Ai, to go through a fal stage of parliamentary approval before beg signed to May, Uganda's Print Yoweri Meveni signed one of the world's tought anti-LGBTQ laws, which spelled out the ath penalty for "aggravated homosexualy"'s bill, backed by relig and tradnal lears, clus jail sentenc of up to 10 years for advotg for LGBTQ rights.

We nclu the two-part seri of GhanaWeb TV’s ‘Legal Agenda’ terview wh one of the lead proponents of the anti-gay bill currently before parliament, Sam Nartey Gee. In homosexuals, is 40% so how then do you tell me that this is a better way of life?

HERE ARE THE PENALTI FOR DIVIDUALS FOUND VLATN OF THE ANTI-GAY BILL WHEN IS PASSED

The Promotn of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu Bill, 2021 also known as the Anti-Gay Bill has been topil recent days. The Anti-Gay Bill has ma several headl and drawn attentn both domtilly and ternatnally and there has been growg cursy about the potential penalti for dividuals found vlatn of this proposed legislatn. The object of the bill is to provi for proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu to proscribe lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer (LGBTQ+) and related activi; to proscribe propaganda of advocy for or promotn of LGBTQ+ and related activi.

If passed to law, the Anti-Gay Bill outl a range of penalti for var offenc related to same-sex relatnships and LGBTQ+ advocy.