Answer 1 of 2: I'm a sgle Ain Amerin gay male planng a vis to Accra. While I'm not fely lookg to meet a Ghanaian for a tryst, I suppose uld happen. I've read that one has to be very reful, however, as homosexualy is...
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- GAYS ACCRA - ACCRA FOM
- GHANAIAN GAY MAN MARRI PARTNER GERMANY
- GAY ACTIVISTS GHANA MAND RELEASE OF 21 PEOPLE ARRTED AT LGBTQI NFERENCE
GAYS ACCRA - ACCRA FOM
The retentn of sectn 104(1)(b) – monly referred to as the anti-gay law – is often seen as tac state approval of discrimatn, and even vlence, on the basis of real or imputed sexual orientatn and genr inty.
GHANAIAN GAY MAN MARRI PARTNER GERMANY
For stance, Augt 2015 Nima, Accra, a young man was allegedly btally asslted by members of a vigilante group known as Safety Empire simply bee they spected he was gay. Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Ghanaians terviewed by Human Rights Watch said that the batn of the crimalizatn of adult nsensual same-sex nduct and the profoundly relig and socially nservative Ghanaian ntext has an sid effect on their dividual self-exprsn. Many LGBT Ghanaians told Human Rights Watch that their liv have been torn apart bee of the stigma associated wh homosexualy; the fear of vlence perpetrated by fay members and others the muny and homelsns, should their sexual orientatn be disclosed.
Ghana’s laws ought to protect everyone om vlence, but fear that the anti-gay law uld be ed agast them, bed wh social stigma, serv as a barrier to seekg accs to jtice. Felix, a young man om Kumasi told Human Rights Watch that 2016 he was raped by a man he had met on social media, but did not report the rape to the police out of fear that he would be arrted for havg “gay sex”. In one high-profile se, Accra police arrted a spect a vic mob attack agast a gay man Augt 2015—but his se has still not gone to trial, leadg LGBT people to qutn whether is futile to seek jtice the aftermath of homophobic and transphobic vlence.
Christiany, the domant relign the south and Islam the north play a signifint role Ghanaian culture and society, and rm the view that homosexualy is an abomatn and ntrary to relig beliefs and teachgs.
GAY ACTIVISTS GHANA MAND RELEASE OF 21 PEOPLE ARRTED AT LGBTQI NFERENCE
In Febary 2017, the Speaker of Parliament, Profsor Mike Ocquaye, referred to homosexualy as an “abomatn” and reportedly lled for stricter laws agast same-sex nduct and July 2017, durg a public discsn wh Amnty Internatnal about prospects for abolishg the ath penalty, he equated homosexualy wh btialy.