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Contents:
- GHANA TOPS GAY LIST AI
- GAY ACTIVISTS GHANA MAND RELEASE OF 21 PEOPLE ARRTED AT LGBTQI NFERENCE
- GAY LIFE GHANA--IN DANGER AND IN THE CLOSET
- WILL GHANA TRODUCE SOME OF THE HARSHT ANTI-GAY LAWS THE WORLD?
- GHANA AND THE GAYS
- HOW 2 GAY MEN LIVE A COUNTRY WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
- GHANA'S SECRET GAY MUNY
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 * most popular gay in ghana *
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? 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.
GAY ACTIVISTS GHANA MAND RELEASE OF 21 PEOPLE ARRTED AT LGBTQI NFERENCE
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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.
GAY LIFE GHANA--IN DANGER AND IN THE CLOSET
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”. 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.
WILL GHANA TRODUCE SOME OF THE HARSHT ANTI-GAY LAWS THE WORLD?
Remember a Holiday Hoeboy is your gay iendly tour gui who looks after your safety and welfare at all tim. 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.
Donkor told CNN that homophobia manifts var forms Ghana.
GHANA AND THE GAYS
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. 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.
HOW 2 GAY MEN LIVE A COUNTRY WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
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?
“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.
GHANA'S SECRET GAY MUNY
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. “One of the young gay men, 27 years of age, that I beme good iends wh, has been married for a jt over a month, and is ready to “father” his first child.