Tag Archives: Anti-LGBTQ+ bill

The bill on promoting proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values also known as the anti-LGBTQ bill,  was passed by the Ghanaian Parliament on Wednesday, February 28, 2024. The bill proscribes LGBT activities and criminalizes its promotion, advocacy, and funding. Persons caught in the act would be subjected to …

The Board Chair of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Professor Audrey Gadzekpo, has urged President Akufo-Addo to reject the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill. In her address at a press conference centred on human rights and supporting sexual minorities in Ghana, Prof. Gadzekpo contended that …

The Chairman of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament, Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi has made a shocking revelation about attempts by some men of God to influence the yet-be-be-passed Anti-LGBTQ+bill. He told NEAT FM’s morning show, ‘Ghana Montie’ in an interview on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, that even some …

Amnesty International, the international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) rights advocate and defender, has urged both Parliament and the Government of Ghana to cease the consideration of the anti-gay bill, asserting that its passage would infringe upon human rights. In a statement released on Wednesday, December 13, Amnesty International insisted that Parliament …

Parliament could not agree on the appropriate punishment for LGBTQ+ persons engaging in unnatural carnal knowledge with each other. The Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill criminalizes sex between persons of the same sex, between a man or woman and an animal or object, proposing a punishment …

Sponsors of the controversial anti-LGBTQ bill are furious over the lack of action on their bill. The private members’ bill, sponsored by Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George, has been stuck at the consideration stage for months without progress. But before Parliament adjourned for the day, Sam George …

The Supreme Court is being asked to impose sanctions on the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin for allowing the House to proceed with the anti-LGBTQ+ bill despite pending legal actions. Researcher Dr Amanda Odoi contends that the Speaker has treated court processes with disdain and contempt. “The respondent has continually …

There has been unanimous consent by all 275 Members of Parliament for the passage of the anti-LGBTQ Bill currently before the house. This follows months of public debate and ratification of the document by the legislators and other stakeholders since its introduction in 2021. Already, the controversial bill has been …

Parliament is debating the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 today. This comes after Parliament’s Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, recommended its passage. Heads of churches and Islamic clerics have gathered in significant numbers at the parliament in anticipation of the deliberations on the Promotion …

The 1st Deputy Speaker of Parliament and also the Member of Parliament for the Bekwai constituency, Joseph Osei-Owusu has explained why Parliament has delayed attending to the Ghanaian anti-LGBTQ+ bill. According to Mr Osei-Owusu, the Speaker will have to approve any advancement on the bill since two lawsuits have been …