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Popular Ghanaian musician and transgender, Angel Maxine has said that the unfavourable circumstances in Ghana for LGBT+ people forced her to move to Germany. Maxine said that her inability to carry out her regular and professional duties forced her to depart the nation. “I had to leave Ghana so I …

The United States Ambassador to Ghana, Ms Virginia Palmer, has reacted to the passage of the anti-LGBT bill which has sparked a conversation on social media. Ghana’s Parliament approved a bill aimed at promoting human sexual rights and family values, commonly referred to as the anti-LGBT bill. The legislation prohibits …

Legislation imposing three-to-five-year jail penalties for those found guilty of endorsing, sponsoring, or facilitating LGBTQ+ activities has been approved by the Ghanaian Parliament. Anyone found engaging in such acts faces a minimum term of six months to a maximum sentence of three years under the recently approved law. The choice …

Ghanaian musician and activist, Deborah Vanessa, popularly called Sister Derby attributes the hatred and misunderstanding she perceives as being directed towards LGBTQ persons to religion. In a recent interview with YFM, Sister Derby claimed that religion has caused many people to lose their capacity for independent thought. “To me, the …

The upcoming Easter season in Ghana may see the passage of the highly debated Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, according to the bill’s chief proponent, Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Samuel Nartey George. During an interview with Accra-based Citi FM, George revealed that the bill, …

The US ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, has praised Ghana for its tolerance and warned Ghanaians against impending prejudice, particularly against the LGBTQ population. She claimed that interfaith and interethnic tolerance was a key factor in the country’s strength and stability as a place to invest. However, Ambassador Palmer emphasized …

Emmanuel Barnes, commonly known as Mr Logic, the Chairman of the Ghana Association of Songwriters, has waded in on the ongoing LGBTQ debate. Mr Logic is perplexed as to why members of the LGBTQ community need public approval for their sexual orientation. Mr Logic aired his comments on United Showbiz …

Members of the National House of Chiefs have stated that they would in no way accept rights being sought by the LGBTQ+ community. According to its president, Ogyeahohor Yaw Gyebi II, this is because activities of the LGBTQ+ community are evil and their activities frown on Ghana’s customs and traditions. “LGBTQ is evil. …

The Catholic Bishop of Konongo-Mampong, Most Reverend Joseph Osei-Bonsu, has charged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to declare his true stance on the controversial Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) activities in Ghana. The senior clergyman stated in a statement that the president has been making contradictory statements regarding the …

Private legal practitioner and a member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) Mr Kwame Jantuah has asked members of the medical profession to explain to the general public the dangers of anal sex. He says when the public becomes aware of the effect of annual sex on the body, they will …