Tag Archives: LGBTQ

Management of Ola Girls Senior High School in Ho in the Volta Region has revealed that elements of LGBTQ+ have infiltrated the student population. They explained that unidentified persons are using some students as proxies to recruit other students into the LGBTQ+ community. Headmistress of the school, Regina Coffie, speaking …

  • They were arrested at the Nurses and Midwives Hotel in Hotel • These 21 LGBTQ+ members have been granted a bail of GH¢5,000 each • They are expected to submit a valid ID to the court 21 persons who were arrested in Ho last month for advocating the …

A Ho Circuit Court has remanded some twenty-one persons believed to be activists and members of Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Society into police custody. The suspects were earlier arraigned before the court by the Volta regional police command. The suspects including sixteen (16) females and five (5) male counterparts …

The LGBT+ group in Ghana is gathering momentum online to raise funds to acquire a permanent administrative office space in Accra. This was after the opening and subsequent closure of their office in Ashongman in Accra last month. The group on its Twitter page has indicated that it had managed …

LGBT+ Rights Ghana, a group advocating for the rights of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgenders and persons of other sexual orientations, has urged President Nana Akufo-Addo to adhere to local and international laws that guarantee the rights of LGBT+ people, stressing that President’s stance on LGBT+ rights in 2017 gave them …

An American songwriter and songstress, HONE7 born Brittani Youman has strongly refuted allegations that she purposely came to Ghana to subtly push for acceptance of LGBTQ+ rights behind the scenes. She remarked “I don’t believe that everyone is here to support LGBTQ+ rights in Ghana you know I believe personally …

A vociferous youth activist of the ruling New Patriotic Party Mr. Abanga Fusani Yakubu, popularly known as ‘’NPP ABANGA’’ on Monday, March 1, 2021 commended  His Excellency the President Nana Addo Dandwa Akufo Addo for his decisive and bold clear stands on the ongoing debate about whether or not to …

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong Boanuh, has urged officers of the Ghana Police Service to enforce the laws in cases involving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) persons. This comes in the wake of the closure of an office space for a group, LGBTQ+ Rights Ghana …

Amidst the raging controversy regarding the opening of an office by members of the Lesbians Gays Bisexuals Transgender Queer and Intersexed community (LGBTQI), President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ordered for the swift closure of same at Tesano in Accra. Mynewsgh.com reports that a combined team of heavily armed police accompanied by …

The Kwabenya Traditional Council in the GA East Municipality of the Greater Accra Region has threatened to burn down a house where it is alleged that the Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender LGBT, had a meeting last Wednesday inside Ashongman, a community within the Kwabenya District and under the traditional …