Arbrary arrts and tentn of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people Ghana, and a proposed dranian anti-LGBT bill are g ser enomic hardship and psychologil strs for LGBT people, Human Rights Watch said today.
Contents:
- EXPLAER: WHAT MAK GHANA’S ANTI-GAY BILL SO EXTREME?
- GHANA TOPS GAY LIST AI
- GHANA'S SECRET GAY MUNY
- HOW 2 GAY MEN LIVE A COUNTRY WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
- THERE ARE GAYS GHANA - KKD
- GAY ACTIVISTS GHANA MAND RELEASE OF 21 PEOPLE ARRTED AT LGBTQI NFERENCE
- IDRIS ELBA AND NAOMI CAMPBELL SIGN LETTER BACKG GAY RIGHTS GHANA
- THE NEW ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSED GHANA WILL DTROY LIV
- EX-NBA SUPERSTAR DWIGHT HOWARD ALLEGEDLY GAY AS EX MALE LOVER SU HIM FOR S*XUAL ASSLT
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
EXPLAER: WHAT MAK GHANA’S ANTI-GAY BILL SO EXTREME?
When Patrick Williams told his mother he was gay, she packed his bags and threw him out of the hoe, disowng her son for what she saw as an evil act. * gay celebrates in ghana *
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.
GHANA TOPS GAY LIST AI
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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. “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.
GHANA'S SECRET GAY MUNY
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. * gay celebrates in ghana *
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. Human Rights Watch said tolerance and vlence agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people has remaed rife among Ghana’s populatn.
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.
HOW 2 GAY MEN LIVE A COUNTRY WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
A Ghanaian urt on Tuday nied bail to 21 gay rights activists arrted nearly three weeks ago for what police scribed as an unlawful gatherg, their lawyer said. * gay celebrates in ghana *
The issue of homosexual rights has headled public bate for sometime now Ghana.
But one do not have to look far to see that most Ghanaians are agast any form of legal backg to homosexuals. However among the mory are some famo people a list of 5 celebri who have exprsed support for homosexual rights:1.
THERE ARE GAYS GHANA - KKD
Amerin basketball player Dwight Howard is apparently gay - a man has jt sued him for s*xual asslt and dropped salac tails about their relatnship. * gay celebrates in ghana *
Wanlov has never hidn his support of homosexual rights and if you are follower on Twter, you are sure to have ught that. He has rerd songs that aim at discsg rptn and hypocrisy of relign ALSO: Kofi Adams has abandoned his job to support Mahama - Sylvter MensahJt like Wanlov, C-Real has spoken of his support for gay rights wh both lol and ternatnal media. Although he do not believe he will see some legal backg his lifetime, C-Real believ gay rights should be viewed as human rights.
The Ci FM journalist is known as a avowed femist who lov to take on perceived Ama is not very different om Lydia Forson the way she se homosexual rights. And this clus gay Ama Agyemang AsanteCheck out trendg news on Dumelo's weddg, J.
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 …. A duty to reportAnyone ma aware of gay acts who fails to report them uld also be crimalised.
GAY ACTIVISTS GHANA MAND RELEASE OF 21 PEOPLE ARRTED AT LGBTQI NFERENCE
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.
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. Both are active Ai and other parts of the world fightg agast abortn rights and gay rights. 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. 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.
IDRIS ELBA AND NAOMI CAMPBELL SIGN LETTER BACKG GAY RIGHTS GHANA
At s like Outpersonals or Gaydar, you will fd that Ghana is the untry Ai wh the most registered hopefuls. 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.
THE NEW ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSED GHANA WILL DTROY LIV
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.
After all, gay sex is nsired illegal Ghana unr the "unnatural rnal knowledge" phrase”.
EX-NBA SUPERSTAR DWIGHT HOWARD ALLEGEDLY GAY AS EX MALE LOVER SU HIM FOR S*XUAL ASSLT
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.
When Patrick Williams told his mother he was gay, she packed his bags and threw him out of the hoe, disowng her son for what she saw as an evil act. The 21-year-old Ghanaian had known he was gay sce he was 13, but had hated to tell anyone.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
It was bt for me to keep si until I saw someone who was siar, " he a schoolmate told his mother of mours that the 18-year-old Patrick was havg sex wh another boy, he admted he was gay.
My own mother sometim says she wish I was ad, " he experience is by no means unual the Wt Ain untry, where homosexualy is seen as an unnatural sexual act and, as such, is as the untry celebrat 50 years of pennce, UK gay rights activist Peter Tatchell is llg on Print John Kufuor, who is visg London this week, to speak to his untry's gay muny.
"As Ghana celebrat 50 years of pennce, is time to repeal the anti-gay laws, " Mr Tatchell said.