LGBTQ people in Ghana are fearing for their safety, as the country looks to pass a wide-ranging anti-LGBTQ bill that some groups have labeled one of the most stringent on the continent. Activists ...

Johannesburg — Ghana's parliament approved a highly controversial anti-LGBTQ bill on Wednesday after months of debate. The Human Sexual Rights and Family Values bill is one of the toughest ...

Anti-LGBTQ content online was already gaining traction in the country in the five years before the bill, according to a report by reproductive justice organization Ipas, and advocates have said ...

The bill will become law soon enough unless the president decides to veto the bill. Advocates are fearful, as some remember when the country had no issue with LGBTQ citizens.

Ghana's LGBTQ crackdown draws ire of UN, international rights groups ... The bill, if it becomes law, will be corrosive, and will have a negative impact on society as a whole," she said.

Ghana's parliament approved the bill in February 2024 but then-President Nana Akufo-Addo did not sign it before his term ended and John Dramani Mahama took office in January.

For LGBTQ people in Ghana, the problems may only just be beginning. As of April, Rightify had recorded more than 30 cases of violence and discrimination against LGBTQ people in the country ...

LGBTQ people in Ghana are fearing for their safety, as the country looks to pass a wide-ranging anti-LGBTQ bill that some groups have labeled one of the most stringent on the continent. Activists ...

LGBTQ people in Ghana are fearing for their safety, as the country looks to pass a wide-ranging anti-LGBTQ bill that some groups have labeled one of the most stringent on the continent. Activists ...

A proposed law in this country would require citizens to report LGBTQ people to authorities (CNN) — When Lariba was growing up in James Town — a coastal neighborhood in Accra, Ghana — they ...