Ghana’s new bill seeks to crimalize Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr activi the untry. The bill, appropriately tled “The Promotn of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu Bill 2021” prcrib severe sanctns agast var activi of the LGBT+ muny. The bill when passed to law will punish a person who willfully ms
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- EXPLAER: WHAT MAK GHANA’S ANTI-GAY BILL SO EXTREME?
- GHANA: ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSG 10-YEAR PRISON SENTENC SPARKS OUTRAGE
EXPLAER: WHAT MAK GHANA’S ANTI-GAY BILL SO EXTREME?
Draft bill would crimalise intifyg as gay and uld see tersex people pelled to unrgo surgery * lgbt bill in ghana *
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. 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.
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.
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. The specifics of the new proposal were not announced but was reported to ‘crimalise the promotn, advocy, fundg and act of homosexualy.
GHANA: ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSG 10-YEAR PRISON SENTENC SPARKS OUTRAGE
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. * lgbt bill in ghana *
’ ” Member of Parliament for Ngo Prampram, Samuel Nartey Gee, one of the eight legislators backg the bill, claimed that “homosexualy is not a human right.