Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, a former Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), has ...

Arbitrary arrests and detention of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Ghana, and a proposed draconian anti-LGBT bill are causing serious economic hardship and psychological ...

Events in recent months have raised fear among Ghana’s human rights activists, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, and allies. In October, police stopped a 30-year-old who was ...

Homophobia is not uncommon in Ghana, where gay sex is already against the law and carries a three-year prison sentence, but now the LGBTQ+ community is feeling terrorised. A new bill, passed by ...

When Ghana's first LGBT community centre and safe space opened in January, Linda had no expectation it would last. "They won't allow LGBT to operate in Ghana, to have their own office.

Ghana, often seen as welcoming, is considering a drastic law to criminalize LGBTQ behavior and any defense of gay rights. ... Ghana’s tragic turn toward anti-LGBT extremism. June 10, 2022.

LGBT+ people in Ghana say they’re worried for the safety of those around them such as health providers, as well as for themselves. “The passage of this bill, it demonstrates to me and all ...

Ghana lawmaker says jailing LGBT offenders would encourage sodomy in prison. By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila. February 16, 2024 2:13 PM UTC Updated ago Same-sex couple, Naa Shika, 37 ...

Ghana's parliament on Wednesday moved a step closer to holding a vote on a bill that seeks to further clamp down on the rights of LGBT people, rejecting a proposal that would have seen jail terms ...

Events in recent months have raised fear among Ghana’s human rights activists, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, and allies. In October, police stopped a 30-year-old who was ...

Gay sex is already punishable in Ghana by up. ... saying the anti-LGBT bill currently making its way through the legislature would only encourage sodomy in prisons.