Supporters and opponents of Ghana's new anti-LGBT bill faced off parliament on Wednday the first public heargs to the proposed legislatn that would make a crime to be gay, bisexual or transgenr.
Contents:
- EXPLAER: WHAT MAK GHANA’S ANTI-GAY BILL SO EXTREME?
- GHANA'S ANTI-GAY BILL NMNED AS 'STATE-SPONSORED' VLENCE
- GHANA: ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSG 10-YEAR PRISON SENTENC SPARKS OUTRAGE
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 ….
GHANA'S ANTI-GAY BILL NMNED AS 'STATE-SPONSORED' VLENCE
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.
GHANA: ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSG 10-YEAR PRISON SENTENC SPARKS OUTRAGE
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.