Tag Archives: Anti-LGBTQ

Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Effutu, on Wednesday withdrew his proposed amendments to the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021. The withdrawal followed votes in the House against two of the MP’s proposals which appealed for the replacement of imprisonment …

A Senior Programmes Officer, Human Rights and Social Inclusion at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Michael Augustus Akagbor, has stated that the religious bloc of Ghana’s parliament is the driving force behind the agenda to pass the controversial anti-gay bill into law. According to him, the proponents of the …

President Yoweri Museveni has criticised the World Bank’s decision to suspend new funding to Uganda in response to a harsh anti-LGBTQ law and has promised to find alternative sources of credit. Museveni, who has been in office since 1986, said in a statement on Thursday that Uganda was trying to …

A Ghanaian student pursuing Biological Science at a US varsity risks losing his PhD scholarship over anti-Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) tweets. The woes of Derrick Boadi Sakyi started when his posts were flagged by a Twitter user on July 21. Papa Kojo Ampofo, who describes himself as ‘intersex’ …

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, president of Uganda has declared that the subject of an anti-LGBTQ bill is closed since May 29 when he asssented to the Bill transmitted to him from the Parliament. He stressed in a quote shared by the presidency that ‘nobody will move us,’ likening the fightback that …

President of the United States Joe Biden has demanded the repeal of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Law, barely a day after it was signed. The White House, on May 29, published a statement in which Biden referred to the new law as a tragic violation of universal human rights. He also descrived …

A section of traditional leaders in Ghana have threatened to organise a nationwide demonstration if Parliament fails to pass the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill in the first quarter of 2023. The traditional leaders added that all chiefs across the country will be forced to hit the streets with their citizenry to demand …

Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, properly referred to as, ‘The Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021,’ continues to generate fierce debate at home and abroad. Parliament last week started its public hearings on memos it received last month but suspended the process after Day 1 of sitting. The …

• Ningo Prampram MP granted an interview to the BBC on the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill. • His responses in the interview have scored high marks by social media users •Parliament has commenced debate on the Bill Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam Nartey Goerge, has topped Twitter trends after his interview …

A Member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, Bishop Sarah Mullally has described Ghana’s anti-LGBTQI+ as unacceptable. The female Bishop believes the bill when passed into law, will promote fear and intolerance. It was also her view that the bill will put the lives and freedom of …