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Uganda lawmaker who called for gay people to be castrated denied entry into the US
One activist called the situation “a case of the chicken coming home to roost.”
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State Department warns Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill could jeopardize U.S. aid
The law would make it illegal to identify as LGBTQ+ or an ally.
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Ghana’s parliament unanimously votes to criminalize LGBTQ+ identities & allyship
Ghanaian legislators claim that homosexuality is a Western import, but that’s a lie.
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Extreme bill to punish allies for advocating for LGBTQ+ rights could soon pass in Ghana
It’s the latest version of discriminatory legislation spreading through Sub-Saharan Africa.
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LGBTQ advocates sue Ghana’s government after human rights workshop raid
Advocates hope that by winning these lawsuits, they will establish some measure of protection for the LGBTQ community.
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Republican backers ghostwrote a bill that would punish homosexuality with death in Ghana
The trail behind Ghana’s “death to gays” bill leads back to American evangelical groups that have been shoveling cash to Republican politicians while writing draconian bills for African countries.
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Leader promises to “storm parliament with 10,000 people” if heinous anti-LGBTQ bill fails
Human rights groups describe the bill as the “most homophobic document the world has ever seen.”
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Ghana parliament leader said LGBTQ people are a pandemic “more than COVID-19”
Alban Bagbin wants to ban LGBTQ advocacy and promote conversion therapy in Ghana. Homosexuality is already illegal there.
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Ghana may outlaw LGBTQ activism “in all its current and future forms”
National security forces recently raided the offices of the country’s only LGBTQ advocacy organization and shut it down.
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A major LGBTQ rights conference is being blocked from hosting in Ghana
And no, government officials made it clear that it’s not because of the corona virus outbreak.