Ghanaian Print Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday emphasised the need for civil bate and tolerance as parliament works towards a vote on a ntroversial bill that would make a crime to be gay, bisexual or transgenr.
Contents:
- NANA GAY'S RETREAT
- GHANA: ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSG 10-YEAR PRISON SENTENC SPARKS OUTRAGE
- ODII TORNADO HOT AS ALLEGED SECRET VIO OF HIM AND HIS GAY PARTNER DROPS
- MY GRANDMOTHER LOV GAY PEOPLE, EXCEPT FOR ME
NANA GAY'S RETREAT
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Tucked away a neighborhood of Accra, off Aflao Road, a group of Ghanaian gay activists e the hoe to gather secret and provi shelter to LGBTQ people need. But what one Ghanaian activist lls a “homophobe’s dream bill” has ep roots Ghana’s relig muny.
Vio after vio show Ghanaians – mostly men perceived as beg gay – beg harassed and beaten on mera, sometim stripped naked by their assailants. Jt a short drive om parliament, we meet a proment gay activist at Accra’s Black Star Square, where an arch memoratg Ghana’s pennce celebrat “Freedom and Jtice. Bediako, who ns the NGO Rightify Ghana, nounced the claim that homosexualy is a Wtern import or that LGBTQ activists were out to rec and nvert straight Ghanaians.
GHANA: ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSG 10-YEAR PRISON SENTENC SPARKS OUTRAGE
“The same people they claim to have brought homosexualy to Ai are the same people who told them to have this hate they are g agast , ” he says.
This draft “Fay Valu” bill seems to be one more eratn of the homophobic iativ emanatg om their nferenc, ” he says. “Those who are promotg gays and lbians are not gog to have children at all, and wh a short time nobody should be surprised that Mlims will bee a majory this untry and clare an Islamic state, ” Archbishop Philip Naameh, the print of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference, told CNN. In a massive onle prayer rally March entled: “Homosexualy: a ttable s to God, ” pastors at the lns-strong Pentestal Church said was a matter of “natnal secury” to pass a law; they ntue to ph members of parliament to follow through wh their plans.
Joe, the gay Ghanaian who was beaten and thrown out of his home, spent jt a few days at the safe hoe Accra before movg on. What’s more, there’s que a b of homoerotic subtext between the two. He add: “When the bill is laid before the Hoe (of parliament), you will realize that the foc of the bill which has to do wh voidg (gay) marriag, preventg them om adoptg or fosterg children, the clampdown on platforms and media ho that are gog to do promotn and advocy or ph those materials still rema enforced.
ODII TORNADO HOT AS ALLEGED SECRET VIO OF HIM AND HIS GAY PARTNER DROPS
Gee also implied that rtrictns agast “exprsns, be lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr are all still there. The mister also sisted however that the Ghanaian ernment was not unr prsure to relax existg legislatn on homosexualy. Draft anti-gay legislatn submted to Ghana’s parliament uld propose up to 10 years jail for LGBTQ+ people as well as groups and dividuals who advote for their rights, exprs sympathy or offer social or medil support, one of the most dranian and sweepg anti-gay laws proposed around the world.
In Febary, a muny space offerg support for sexual mori was forced to close amid a backlash om policians, civil and relig groups and the media, and also led to a rise arrts and abe agast people perceived to be gay or Friday, Sam Nartey Gee, an MP who has scribed gay rights as a “perversn” and led a group of lawmakers who drafted the bill, dismissed onle nmnatn of the bill as “unrmed”. “Homosexualy is not a human right. “I have spent all my time as a journalist advotg for gay rights so I n’t believe that we have arrived at this pot where they want to crimalise everythg and everyone cludg the existence of alli, tersex and asexual folks.
Marriage would be clearly fed Ghanaian law as beg between a male and pani, onle platforms and acunts which publish rmatn which uld be emed to enurage children to explore any genr or sex outsi of the bary tegori of male and female uld face 10 years January, groups across public life, om policians to journalists, civil and relig lears, have led fierce nmnatn of LGBTQ+ rights and support works ’s ernment promised new laws to prohib pro-gay advocy, amid hysteria over bolr efforts to tablish support for sexual mori. Prosecutns are rare, yet many gay and queer people have reported experiencg abe by cizens and law enforcement growg clamour for a clampdown on those perceived to be promotg LGBTQ+ rights, 21 people were arrted the cy of Ho March, at a trag event for paralegals and other profsnals workg on supportg vulnerable groups. Human Rights Watch said tolerance and vlence agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people has remaed rife among Ghana’s populatn.
MY GRANDMOTHER LOV GAY PEOPLE, EXCEPT FOR ME
A spokwoman for Ghana Police Service (GPS), told CNN on Saturday that the openg of the center was at variance wh the untry’s gay laws and prevalent opns on homosexual activi Ghana. In a memo issued on Febary 4, Bin threatened wi-rangg sanctns agast untri where gay rights are supprsed. The Ghanaian ernment, however, sists that the untry’s laws are supreme, and legislatn crimalizg gay sexual activi would rema place.