Ghana: Police make rare arrts anti-gay blackmail se

Contents:

• WH BLACKMAIL LIST, GAY MEN GHANA FIGHT NMEN POSG AS LOVERS
• GRDR TFISH ARE ‘ROBBG, ABG AND BLACKMAILG’ GAY MEN GHANA, BUT VICTIMS ARE THE ON WHO ULD BE JAILED
• GHANA TOPS GAY LIST AI
• GHANA: POLICE MAKE RARE ARRTS ANTI-GAY BLACKMAIL SE
• WH BLACKMAIL LIST, GAY MEN GHANA FIGHT NMEN POSG AS LOVERS
• GHANA: WH BLACKMAIL LIST, GAY MEN GHANA FIGHT NMEN POSG AS LOVERS
• WH BLACKMAIL LIST, GAY MEN GHANA FIGHT NMEN POSG AS LOVERS
• WH BLACKMAIL LIST, GAY MEN GHANA FIGHT NMEN POSG AS LOVERS
• WH BLACKMAIL LIST, GAY MEN GHANA FIGHT NMEN POSG AS LOVERS

WH BLACKMAIL LIST, GAY MEN GHANA FIGHT NMEN POSG AS LOVERS

ACCRA (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - As Benson walked across the street towards his date Ghana’s pal, Accra, he saw somethg was wrong - was not the man he had been msagg on the popular gay datg app Grdr. ”Benson’s oral is creasgly mon untri where homosexualy is illegal. While the ter has ma easier for LGBT+ muni to fd and build relatnships onle, has also exposed them to new Egypt, Moroc and Nigeria, gay men are often blackmailed and outed by fake dat who trick them to sharg timate photos which they post onle.

The police also e social media to lure them to false meetgs and make is one of more than 30 Ain untri that outlaw same-sex relatns, acrdg to the LGBT+ rights group prosecutns are rare, homophobia is wispread and those who are outed often have their liv upend as they are ostracized by iends and fay and n lose their Kofi Donkor, head of lol activist group LGBT+ Rights Ghana, cid to fight back last year on Twter and Facebook wh the Ghana Gay Blackmail List, which expos “notor persons who steal, abe & blackmail gay men” group, which has 1, 800 followers, has named and shamed about two dozen men by publishg their photos along wh the apps they e, the plac they equent and a warng: “Share wily, be alert and don’t be the next victim”. ”BLACKMAILA lk on the Ghana Gay Blackmail List page allows members of the public to report s, which are vtigated wh closed gay and bisexual social media groups for addnal crowdsourced ttimoni before publitn, Donkor said.

GRDR TFISH ARE ‘ROBBG, ABG AND BLACKMAILG’ GAY MEN GHANA, BUT VICTIMS ARE THE ON WHO ULD BE JAILED

HOMOPHOBIAAs men who have sex wh men n face up to three years jail Ghana, they are ually too sred to report the robberi to the police as this uld lead to them beg outed, which rri a far greater personal st, said Donkor. Once you are outed, that also means that your source of livelihood is also threatened, ” he enurag gay men who have been robbed and blackmailed to report the cints to the police, tellg them “meetg a new iend is not a crime”. There is a certa level of homophobia.

He would like gay datg apps to provi legal support to men who fall victim to crimals when g their apps. Gay men Ghana are beg targeted on Grdr by tfishg nmen who “steal, abe and blackmail” them, an Ain LGBT+ group has warned. Knowg they had no choice but to fend themselv, lol activist group LGBT+ Rights Ghana cid to fight back wh the Ghana Gay Blackmail List – a social media platform to expose the “notor persons who steal [om], abe and blackmail gay men”.

A lk on the Ghana Gay Blackmail List page allows members of the public to report s, which are vtigated wh closed LGBT+ social media groups for addnal ttimoni before publitn.

GHANA TOPS GAY LIST AI

Each day he hears om men like Nana Kwame — a bisexual man who was robbed and threatened at gunpot, and Benson — a gay man who was beaten and left the gutter wh a broken jaw.

“You sense that kd of laid back attu om the police … there is a certa level of homophobia. Grdr has now troduced numero safety measur to protect ers untri where homosexualy is crimalised, such as blockg screenshots and disguisg the app’s in on their phon. Ghana has been named as the Ain untry wh the most registered homosexual ‘hopefuls’ seekg expatriate partners.

This is acrdg to an onle webse that is ripe wh homosexual rmatn. A statement on by a ntributor, Andy S, stated that though Ghana was not an Ain gay paradise, there may be many sperate young men who were lookg for greener pastur.

GHANA: POLICE MAKE RARE ARRTS ANTI-GAY BLACKMAIL SE

“Datg s are the most equently ed ways to meet a (potential) lover or gay gui a foreign untry.

At s like Outpersonals or Gaydar, you will fd that Ghana is the untry Ai wh the most registered hopefuls.

Do this mean Ghana is the Gay paradise Ai?

WH BLACKMAIL LIST, GAY MEN GHANA FIGHT NMEN POSG AS LOVERS

It may mean that there are plenty young men sperate enough to seek greener pastur elsewhere and who are veloped enough to have accs to the ter and a digal mera, ” Andy add., a homosexual onle se, provis rmatn about Ghanaian homosexuals to expatriat who seek black partners for fun, as well as ser relatnships. Jt like a tour gui, the webse giv tailed rmatn on the homosexual landspe Ghana. Right om the ‘illegal’ nature of the act the untry to the var sms that some ‘hopefuls’ engage to make quick money, the se prents expatriat all there is to know about the Ghanaian homosexual muny.

South Ai is the only Ain untry to regnise same-sex relatnships and is the only natn on the ntent where engagg homosexual activy is not a crime. Other utns timated: “many of the men and boys you see on the s are not even gay or bisexual. Some jt pretend to be gay and will have sex for money.

GHANA: WH BLACKMAIL LIST, GAY MEN GHANA FIGHT NMEN POSG AS LOVERS

Others are jt "onle gay", that is, they will tell you hot sexy stori after which they will ask for your fancial support (need a phone to ll you, mother beg sick, brother ad etc.

After all, gay sex is nsired illegal Ghana unr the "unnatural rnal knowledge" phrase”. The se also has a tailed eighteen (18) pot list of likely gay hangouts wh particular days when gays socialise.

Wh public bat on gay rights still ragg on, activi of gay tourist s adds to the wo of the untry on s actual stance on homosexualy.

WH BLACKMAIL LIST, GAY MEN GHANA FIGHT NMEN POSG AS LOVERS

Gay men who seek pannship onle equently fall victim to extortnists and blackmailers, pecially homophobic untri and pecially Ai.

The followg article on GhanaWeb and mentns that the victim origally ma ntact through Grdr, but do not mentn that Grdr is a gay hookup se. In Cameroon: A new victim of n artist who preys on gays (July 2016, ). Gay Cameroon: Police acce blackmail victim (December 2013, ).

Gays Cameroon, beware this blackmailer (May 2013, ). Accra, Ghana - As Bensonwalked across the street towards his date Ghana's pal, Accra, he saw somethg was wrong - was not the man he hadbeen msagg on the popular gay datg app Grdr.

WH BLACKMAIL LIST, GAY MEN GHANA FIGHT NMEN POSG AS LOVERS

"Benson's oral is creasgly mon untri wherehomosexualy is illegal.

WH BLACKMAIL LIST, GAY MEN GHANA FIGHT NMEN POSG AS LOVERS

While the ter has ma easierfor LGBT+ muni to fd and build relatnships onle, has also exposed them to new Egypt, Moroc and Nigeria, gay men are often blackmailedand outed by fake dat who trick them to sharg timatephotos which they post onle. The police also e social mediato lure them to false meetgs and make is one of more than 30 Ain untri that outlawsame-sex relatns, acrdg to the LGBT+ rights group prosecutns are rare, homophobia is wispread andthose who are outed often have their liv upend as they areostracised by iends and fay and n lose their Kofi Donkor, head of lol activist group LGBT+ RightsGhana, cid to fight back last year on Twter and Facebookwh the Ghana Gay Blackmail List, which expos "notorpersons who steal, abe & blackmail gay men" group, which has 1800 followers, has named and shamedabout two dozen men by publishg their photos along wh theapps they e, the plac they equent and a warng: "Sharewily, be alert and don't be the next victim". "Gay Blackmail ListA lk on the Ghana Gay Blackmail List page allows membersof the public to report s, which are vtigated whclosed gay and bisexual social media groups for addnalcrowdsourced ttimoni before publitn, Donkor said.

HomophobiaAs men who have sex wh men n face up to three years jail Ghana, they are ually too sred to report therobberi to the police as this uld lead to them beg outed, which rri a far greater personal st, said Donkor.

Once you are outed, that also means thatyour source of livelihood is also threatened, " he enurag gay men who have been robbed andblackmailed to report the cints to the police, tellg them"meetg a new iend is not a crime". He would like gay datgapps to provi legal support to men who fall victim tocrimals when g their apps. by Kwasi Gyamfi AsiACCRA (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - As Benson walked across the street towards his date Ghana’s pal, Accra, he saw somethg was wrong - was not the man he had been msagg on the popular gay datg app Grdr.