A giant billboard mounted Ghana's pal, Accra, to mark pri month - to celebrate lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muni - has been pulled down.
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- GAY PRI BILLBOARD PULLED DOWN GHANA’S PAL, ACCRA
- GAY PRI BILLBOARD PULLED DOWN GHANA'S PAL
- GAY PRI: GHANA AUTHORY PULLS DOWN BILLBOARD PROMOTG GAY ACCRA
- "GAY PRI" PARA IN GHANA?
- HOW 2 GAY MEN LIVE A COUNTRY WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
GAY PRI BILLBOARD PULLED DOWN GHANA’S PAL, ACCRA
Gay sex is punishable the Wt Ain natn wh a prison term of three years. * gay pride in ghana *
Last year, Ghanaian secury shut down a European Unn-supported LGBTQ muny center, and some lawmakers are seekg to make gay rights advocy illegal. The fight for gay rights Ghana will be an uphill battle as the Wt Ain untry's parliament nsirs a law that will prosecute LGBTQ+ advot. As a closeted but effemate gay man, I am nstantly faced wh the qutn “Are you a gay person?
GAY PRI BILLBOARD PULLED DOWN GHANA'S PAL
I often wish I dared to shout out loud and affirm my existence, but alas, I am a homophobic untry where the mere spicn of one beg queer puts a target on your back.
Even durg the workshop, homophobia om the participants of the workshop was evint. As many of you know, anti-gay rhetoric is on the rise the untry 1/3.
He has also lled for gay nversn therapy to be troduced.
GAY PRI: GHANA AUTHORY PULLS DOWN BILLBOARD PROMOTG GAY ACCRA
This largely has to do wh the fact that the letter me around the same time the print said he wouldn’t legalize gay marriage unr his tenure.
We are receivg a lot of support om the diaspora but not so much support the Ghanaian populace has been very homophobic rponse to our mands for social protectn.
June is a month set asi to celebrate Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer people across the world, but the celebratn is not visible most Ain untri. In Ghana, for stance, Gay sex is punishable, wh a prison term of three years.
"GAY PRI" PARA IN GHANA?
Rights groups say the bill is the “worst homophobic document ever”. A giant billboard mounted Ghana's pal, Accra, to mark pri month -to celebrate lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muni - has been pulled sign had gone up over the weekend on the N1 Tema motorway, a major highway the cy, acrdg to media some MPs objected to , givg the head of police a 24-hour ultimatum to remove is still unclear who actually removed the sex is punishable the Wt Ain natn wh a prison term of three MP Sam Gee nfirmed a tweet on Thursday eveng that the billboard had been removed.
Power to our cultural sovereignty, " he 's parliament has been batg a bill that propos to impose harsh penalti on the LGBT groups say the bill is the "worst homophobic document ever".
HOW 2 GAY MEN LIVE A COUNTRY WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
In November 2021, we reported on an “anti-gay” bill that had begun to make s way through Ghana’s Parliament, a bill crimalizg the very existence of LGBTQ+ dividuals as well as LGBTQ+ ntroversial bill which was tled the "Promotn of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu Bill" proposed up to five years prison for LGBTQ+ Ghanaians, forced medil procr for tersex children, jail terms for fay members and teachers who fail to report gay relativ and stunts, jail terms for public displays of same-sex affectn or cross drsg, a 10-year jail term for LGBTQ+ advocy, crimalizg the distributn of material emed pro-LGBTQ+ by the prs, among other harsh legislatn that puts LGBTQ+ dividuals and their loved on at risk of fallg victim to state-sanctned discrimatn or bill marked what at the time was the peak of the backlash that the muny faced last year. 1654708109Startg om the anti-gay bill which appeared to have stalled sce ’s troductn to Ghana’s Parliament late last year, polians vted the succs of the targeted legislatn are attemptg to force the now notor 38-page bill to passg. He exprsed spicns that the passage of the bill was beg tentnally layed, and stated that he along wh other members of his polil party would rist any other bill that before Parliament until the anti-gay bill has been acted upon, even if those bills aim to brg velopment to their rpective muni.
Samuel Nartey Gee, the Ghanaian polician and lawmaker champng the anti-gay bill led a aln to mount prsure on the police to tear down the billboard, which was succsful as the billboard end up beg torn down after jt days of beg up.