Ghana

Astraeus O'Levin, a transgender woman living in Mombasa, Kenya, visits the the Hapa-Kenya resource centre last year in Mombasa. (Dylan Robertson photo courtesy of The Canadian Press)
LGBTQ+ Africans look to Canada for help as anti-gay laws expand
Ghana President John Mahama
Ghana’s harsh anti-LGBTQ bill is back
Anti-gay campaigner Moses Foh-Amoaning was expelled from the Association of African Albinos in 2021 for fomenting hatred. (Photo courtesy of MyJoyOnline.com)
Trump presidency encourages backer of Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ bill
John Dramani Mahama, Ghana's new president. (Photo courtesy of Bloomberg)
Ghana’s new president says anti-LGBTQ bill not needed if schools teach family values
Map of LGBT Rights in Africa — BLUE: Same-sex marriage is legal and discrimination based on sexual orientation prohibited. (Note: The little blue islands are Spanish, French, and UK territories); MAUVE: Limited recognition of foreign same-sex marriages; ORANGE: Same-sex sexual relations are illegal
2024 LGBTQ rights global update: Progress and reversals in Africa
Former Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo
Ghana Supreme Court tosses anti-LGBTQ hot potato back to president
LGBTQ rights defender in Ghana wins U.S. award on Human Rights Day
Isaac BIll in Accra, Ghana. (Ruth Ntia photo courtesy of The Canadian Press)
Traditional people worry Ghana anti-gay bill will target their Indigenous identities
Ghana President John Mahama
Winner of Ghana’s presidential election will scrutinize anti-LGBTQ bill, might sign it
Justices of the Supreme Court of Ghana (Photo courtesy of GhanaWeb)
Ghana Supreme Court prepares to rule on harsh anti-LGBTQ bill
Rightify Ghana celebrates the nation's LGBTQI+ citizens. (Illustration courtesy of RIghtify Ghana
Despite looming threat, a celebration of Ghana’s LGBTQI+ citizens
Cardinal Peter Turkson, 76, is a Ghanaian prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church. Photo courtesy of X / YouTube)
Ghana: ‘You criminalize them for what? For just being what they are?’
Liberia: Legislator seeks supporters for his harsh anti-homosexuality bill
Joseph Whittal, commissioner of Ghana's Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice. (Photo courtesy of CHRAJ)
Don’t flee from Ghana for fear of harsh anti-LGBTQ bill, human rights boss says
Ghana Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, (Photo courtesy of Dennis Law News)
Ghana Supreme Court defends its slow pace on anti-LGBTQ bill
Clare Byarugaba (left) and Pope Francis
Pope meets African activists, supports their struggle for LGBTIQ rights