A recent march by over a thoand Ghanian Mlims agast “the growg activi of gays and lbians” this Wt-Ain untry
Contents:
- HOW 2 GAY MEN LIVE A COUNTRY WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
- WH BLACKMAIL LIST, GAY MEN GHANA FIGHT NMEN POSG AS LOVERS
- GHANA AND THE GAYS
- GHANA TOPS GAY LIST AI
- GAY LIFE GHANA--IN DANGER AND IN THE CLOSET
- GAY FOR PAY
- GAY ACTIVISTS GHANA MAND RELEASE OF 21 PEOPLE ARRTED AT LGBTQI NFERENCE
- GHANAIAN GAY MAN MARRI PARTNER GERMANY
- GAY MAN ‘BEATEN TO A PULP’ BY ‘HOMOPHOBIC MOB’ GHANA. THE MEDIA ‘GLORIFIED’ THE ATTACK
HOW 2 GAY MEN LIVE A COUNTRY WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
As Benson walked across the street towards his date Ghana's pal, Accra, he saw somethg was wrong - was not the man he had been msagg on the popular gay datg app Grdr. * gay man in ghana *
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.
WH BLACKMAIL LIST, GAY MEN GHANA FIGHT NMEN POSG AS LOVERS
Psssst... Hey Ghana, e over here, I've got a ltle secret to tell you. You know me and Jürgen, the guys you weled so warmly to your untry for three months? To whom all of your people were so pole and iendly? The guys who had such a wonrful time visg your villag, explorg your nature, and meetg your cizens? Yeah, . Well, we didn't want to say anythg until now... but we're gay. Acrdg to your laws, we're not allowed. * gay man in ghana *
“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.
ACCRA (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - As Benson walked across the street towards his date Ghana’s pal, Accra, he saw somethg was wrong - was not the man he had been msagg on the popular gay datg app Grdr.
GHANA AND THE GAYS
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”Benson’s oral is creasgly mon untri where homosexualy is illegal.
While the ter has ma easier for LGBT+ muni to fd and build relatnships onle, has also exposed them to new Egypt, Moroc and Nigeria, gay men are often blackmailed and outed by fake dat who trick them to sharg timate photos which they post onle.
The police also e social media to lure them to false meetgs and make is one of more than 30 Ain untri that outlaw same-sex relatns, acrdg to the LGBT+ rights group prosecutns are rare, homophobia is wispread and those who are outed often have their liv upend as they are ostracized by iends and fay and n lose their Kofi Donkor, head of lol activist group LGBT+ Rights Ghana, cid to fight back last year on Twter and Facebook wh the Ghana Gay Blackmail List, which expos “notor persons who steal, abe & blackmail gay men” group, which has 1, 800 followers, has named and shamed about two dozen men by publishg their photos along wh the apps they e, the plac they equent and a warng: “Share wily, be alert and don’t be the next victim”.
GHANA TOPS GAY LIST AI
”BLACKMAILA lk on the Ghana Gay Blackmail List page allows members of the public to report s, which are vtigated wh closed gay and bisexual social media groups for addnal crowdsourced ttimoni before publitn, Donkor said.
HOMOPHOBIAAs men who have sex wh men n face up to three years jail Ghana, they are ually too sred to report the robberi to the police as this uld lead to them beg outed, which rri a far greater personal st, said Donkor. Once you are outed, that also means that your source of livelihood is also threatened, ” he enurag gay men who have been robbed and blackmailed to report the cints to the police, tellg them “meetg a new iend is not a crime”. There is a certa level of homophobia.
He would like gay datg apps to provi legal support to men who fall victim to crimals when g their apps. Remember a Holiday Hoeboy is your gay iendly tour gui who looks after your safety and welfare at all tim. Well, we didn’t want to say anythg until now… but we’re gay.
GAY LIFE GHANA--IN DANGER AND IN THE CLOSET
There’s a reason we’re wrg this post well after our parture, and that’s bee homosexualy is illegal Ghana.
GAY FOR PAY
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. 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. 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.
GAY ACTIVISTS GHANA MAND RELEASE OF 21 PEOPLE ARRTED AT LGBTQI NFERENCE
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.
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.
GHANAIAN GAY MAN MARRI PARTNER GERMANY
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.
GAY MAN ‘BEATEN TO A PULP’ BY ‘HOMOPHOBIC MOB’ GHANA. THE MEDIA ‘GLORIFIED’ THE ATTACK
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. Ghana has been named as the Ain untry wh the most registered homosexual ‘hopefuls’ seekg expatriate partners.