Four men were beaten wh sticks and banished for beg gay Ghana, pturg the risg tensns – and fears – over an anti-LGBT bill.
Contents:
- HOW 2 GAY MEN LIVE A COUNTRY WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
- GHANA TOPS GAY LIST AI
- GHANA AND THE GAYS
- GAY FOR PAY
- GAY ACTIVISTS GHANA MAND RELEASE OF 21 PEOPLE ARRTED AT LGBTQI NFERENCE
- GAY LIFE GHANA--IN DANGER AND IN THE CLOSET
- WH BLACKMAIL LIST, GAY MEN GHANA FIGHT NMEN POSG AS LOVERS
- EXPLAER: WHAT MAK GHANA’S ANTI-GAY BILL SO EXTREME?
- FOUR GAY MEN BEATEN, BANISHED AND ARRTED GHANA FOR ‘JT TRYG TO LIVE’
- WH BLACKMAIL LIST, GAY MEN GHANA FIGHT NMEN POSG AS LOVERS
- HOW 2 GAY MEN LIVE A COUNTRY WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
- EXPLAER: WHAT MAK GHANA’S ANTI-GAY BILL SO EXTREME?
- GAYS ACCRA - ACCRA FOM
- GAY HANGOUTS (ACCRA)
HOW 2 GAY MEN LIVE A COUNTRY WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
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Some 37 Ain untri crimalize homosexual relatnships, wh penalti rangg om mismeanors to ath sentenc, acrdg to a Human Rights Campaign Foundatn and Human Rights First report released Tuday. In Ghana, a untry often regard as among the most progrsively mocratic natns Ai, homosexualy remas illegal, punishable by up to three years imprisonment.
A recent Pew survey of var untri, not all Ain, reveals that 98 percent of Ghanaians feel that homosexualy is “morally unacceptable, ” the hight percentage of any untry surveyed.
GHANA TOPS GAY LIST AI
A recent march by over a thoand Ghanian Mlims agast “the growg activi of gays and lbians” this Wt-Ain untry * ghana gay men *
“In Ghana, everybody is culturally and religly bld, ” says Fred K., an openly gay man livg the Ghanaian pal of Accra who didn’t want to share his last name for fear of crimal and social repercsns. “My fellow gays don’t want anythg to be legalized, ” Nana Yaw, a human rights activist and openly gay man, says.
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.
GHANA AND THE GAYS
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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. “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.
GAY FOR PAY
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Do this mean Ghana is the Gay paradise Ai? 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.
GAY ACTIVISTS GHANA MAND RELEASE OF 21 PEOPLE ARRTED AT LGBTQI NFERENCE
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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. 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.
GAY LIFE GHANA--IN DANGER AND IN THE CLOSET
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. Remember a Holiday Hoeboy is your gay iendly tour gui who looks after your safety and welfare at all tim.
WH BLACKMAIL LIST, GAY MEN GHANA FIGHT NMEN POSG AS LOVERS
Well, we didn’t want to say anythg until now… but we’re gay. There’s a reason we’re wrg this post well after our parture, and that’s bee homosexualy is illegal Ghana. Strictly speakg, homosexual acts are illegal, and you’d have to get ught havg sex before they’d throw you jail.
Children are kicked out of their home, and gay men and women are victims of vlent asslts tacly ndoned by society at large.
EXPLAER: WHAT MAK GHANA’S ANTI-GAY BILL SO EXTREME?
Homophobia is relatively new to Ghana, imported by the lonialists, along wh their “enlightened” religns.
Before the arrival of the Europeans, homosexualy was mon and accepted all levels of Ghanian society, even to the pot of allowg marriag between two men or two women.
FOUR GAY MEN BEATEN, BANISHED AND ARRTED GHANA FOR ‘JT TRYG TO LIVE’
It wasn’t until Bra crimalized homosexualy 1860, that Ghana learned to hate .
So how was for , as two gay guys travelg a untry which seems to hate ? We simply never ma a thg about ; we never told anyone we enuntered that we’re gay, and never drew attentn to ourselv. In fact, we got to so many long nversatns wh Ghanaians, almost on a daily basis, and never once did we tect or hear anythg slightly homophobic.
Ghana’s policy toward homosexualy was nearly enough to keep away the first place. So, if you’re gay and batg whether to vis Ghana… we wouldn’t necsarily ph you one way or the other.
WH BLACKMAIL LIST, GAY MEN GHANA FIGHT NMEN POSG AS LOVERS
It’s a shame not to see such a wonrful untry, but ’s unrstandable that you might not want to hi who you are, or support a homophobic ernment wh your dollars.
If you’re Ghanaian and gay… we feel for you, and hope that thgs get better. If you’re straight, and feel bad about this policy … we hope you take the time to support your gay brothers and sisters by standg up for them publicly, if the opportuny aris. And if you thk that this policy is perfectly fe, that gays are sners and belong prison … well, we hope you open your heart a ltle.
Unr Ghanaian law, male homosexual activy is officially illegal. Gay men n also be punished unr provisns ncerng asslt and rape, only if “ public or wh mor”. Stat of Homosexualy: Illegal.
HOW 2 GAY MEN LIVE A COUNTRY WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
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There seems no room for discsn or tolerance this homophobic Christian and Islamic culture. Donkor said the nference which the police had tagged an “unlawful assembly” was a paralegal trag for gay activists as discrimatn agast sexual mori remas rife Ghana. Intolerance and vlence agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people have ntued to thrive among Ghana’s populatn, acrdg to Human Rights Watch.
EXPLAER: WHAT MAK GHANA’S ANTI-GAY BILL SO EXTREME?
Donkor told CNN that homophobia manifts var forms Ghana.
Police spokman, Dogbatse, says he is unwillg to ment on homophobia Ghana.
The gay activist hop that the #ReleaseThe21 mpaign would expand the public nversatn around tolerance and rpect for gay rights Ghana.
GAYS ACCRA - ACCRA FOM
Cam is a South ain who travels to Ghana on bs and had this to say about gay life there. “I had vised Ghana six tim ( the last five years), on bs and pleasure, and had never really explored gay life that untry, bee of my mandg bs schle. I had, however, munited by e-mail wh a young gay Ghanaian man over the last year.
On my vis to Ghana June 2003, I fally met wh my “new” young gay Ghanaian iend, who then troduced me to the “not so closeted” gay Ghanaian life.
So what is gay life like Ghana?
GAY HANGOUTS (ACCRA)
“There are no gay clubs Ghana, as there are South Ai.
Gay life is mostly private and most gay people meet at hoe parti anised by iends all around the untry. They are both straight clubs but are equented by both gays and heterosexuals. Most of the gays that equent the night spots are not rtraed eher drs or behavur and fely seem to be out of the closet, at least whilst they are at the venu.
“Gay tourists to Ghana should beware of heterosexual young men posg as gay men. They equent the and var nightspots offerg their “servic” to the unspectg tourist and then end up blackmailg the tourist, takg advantage of the illegal stat of the beg gay Ghana. On the topic of lbian relatnships, Cam was told that they are more acceptable to the heterosexual muny than are gay relatnships between two men, but no reason was given for this.