Explaer: what mak Ghana’s anti-gay bill so extreme? | Global velopment | The Guardian

Contents:

• GHANA TOPS GAY LIST AI
• GHANA: ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSG 10-YEAR PRISON SENTENC SPARKS OUTRAGE
• EXPLAER: WHAT MAK GHANA’S ANTI-GAY BILL SO EXTREME?
• GAY FOR PAY
• GHANAIAN GAY CELEBRI ARE CHASG FANS – ACTOR NANA TONARDO REVEALS
• GAYS ACCRA - ACCRA FOM
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• WATCH KKD’S GAY SON LEAD LGBTQ+ PROTT LONDON
• GAY ACTIVISTS GHANA MAND RELEASE OF 21 PEOPLE ARRTED AT LGBTQI NFERENCE

GHANA TOPS GAY LIST AI

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.

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?

GHANA: ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSG 10-YEAR PRISON SENTENC SPARKS OUTRAGE

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.

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.

EXPLAER: WHAT MAK GHANA’S ANTI-GAY BILL SO EXTREME?

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. Prcs Igho WilliamsBroadst Journalist, BBC News Pidg24 Febary 2021Wia dis foto e om, Twter/LGBT+ Rights GhanaPolice for Ghana don raid and closed down office of Lbians, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) group si Accra wey m recently open. Di prs quiri of di Ghana police wey BBC Pidg ll tok say make we ll back to hear om tok-tok person alias Ghana LGBTQI muny y survive afta police raidWia dis foto e om, LGBTQI + RIGHTS GHANAWet we ll dis foto, Lotn of gay office Ghana on Tuday - foto: Insi (left) outsi (right)Meanwhile, LGBT+ Rights Ghana tok for social media say even though police don close down dia office, di real office y dia heart and md.

GAY FOR PAY

[LGBTQI meang]"LGBTQI" stand for Lbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgenr, Queer and Rights Ghana na movement wey y foreont to champn rights and eedom of all LGBTQIA person si kontri.

Dem tablish am for 2018 and on 31st of January 2021 m officially host one fundraiser to officially promote dia muny and open dia, like many untri for Ai, get strong laws agast same-sex relatnship relatnships, wey f clu jail sentence and dis foto e om, Getty ImagWet we ll dis foto, Kenya for 2019 refe to drop dia laws way make homosexualy y illegal[Gay office Ghana] BackgroundDi official openg of one new LGBTQI rource centre for Ghana pal Accra don e ntroversy for di untry. Draft anti-gay legislatn submted to Ghana’s parliament uld propose up to 10 years jail for LGBTQ+ people as well as groups and dividuals who advote for their rights, exprs sympathy or offer social or medil support, one of the most dranian and sweepg anti-gay laws proposed around the world. In Febary, a muny space offerg support for sexual mori was forced to close amid a backlash om policians, civil and relig groups and the media, and also led to a rise arrts and abe agast people perceived to be gay or Friday, Sam Nartey Gee, an MP who has scribed gay rights as a “perversn” and led a group of lawmakers who drafted the bill, dismissed onle nmnatn of the bill as “unrmed”.

“Homosexualy is not a human right. “I have spent all my time as a journalist advotg for gay rights so I n’t believe that we have arrived at this pot where they want to crimalise everythg and everyone cludg the existence of alli, tersex and asexual folks.

GHANAIAN GAY CELEBRI ARE CHASG FANS – ACTOR NANA TONARDO REVEALS

Marriage would be clearly fed Ghanaian law as beg between a male and pani, onle platforms and acunts which publish rmatn which uld be emed to enurage children to explore any genr or sex outsi of the bary tegori of male and female uld face 10 years January, groups across public life, om policians to journalists, civil and relig lears, have led fierce nmnatn of LGBTQ+ rights and support works ’s ernment promised new laws to prohib pro-gay advocy, amid hysteria over bolr efforts to tablish support for sexual mori. Prosecutns are rare, yet many gay and queer people have reported experiencg abe by cizens and law enforcement growg clamour for a clampdown on those perceived to be promotg LGBTQ+ rights, 21 people were arrted the cy of Ho March, at a trag event for paralegals and other profsnals workg on supportg vulnerable groups.

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.

GAYS ACCRA - ACCRA FOM

(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. 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.

5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)

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. Remember a Holiday Hoeboy is your gay iendly tour gui who looks after your safety and welfare at all tim.

Outspoken actor Nana Tonardo has revealed that some of his lleagu the Ghanaian showbiz dtry are homosexuals. The Afia Schwarzenegger actor ma the shockg statement public after nyg on Celebry Ri Wh Znfelix show that he is not gay.

Tonardo who uld not mentn any name on the Angel TV program said whout mcg words that some of his iends the creative arts dtry are homosexuals and asi om them, he has also heard nam of some stars who have been acced of engagg the act.

WATCH KKD’S GAY SON LEAD LGBTQ+ PROTT LONDON

The father of one ntued that he has had people pla to him about gay celebri proposg to them and that surprised him. “But Zn, do you know the number of people who are ser gays the untry? Most of the entertaers are gays.

On whether the gay tag on him has affected his brand or not, Ee Wood as he is known privately answered posive and add that he believ that is the reason he has not had any endorsement al sce he joed the showbiz dtry six years back. Most people thk I’m gay bee Ghana, if you don’t go the way most people go and want you to do, they see you to be an outst.

No matter what is , so far as we know that none of our male celebry is gay, they will marry. 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.

GAY ACTIVISTS GHANA MAND RELEASE OF 21 PEOPLE ARRTED AT LGBTQI NFERENCE

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.