Ghana

President John Dramani Mahama speaks at Temple University Center for Anti-Racism on March 27. (Click the image to see video of his remarks, courtesy of Rightify Ghana)
Ghana’s president plays a double game on anti-LGBTQ bill
Ghana's parliament (Photo courtesy of ISSAfrica.org)
UNAIDS and faith leaders oppose anti-gay bills in Senegal and Ghana
Arthur Schaper, the California Mass Resistance field director, speaks in opposition to a California high school's Wellness Center in 2023, claiming that it would encourage students to change their gender.(Vincent Medina photo courtesy of Norwalk Patriot)
Mass.-based U.S. ‘pro-family’ group pushed Senegal’s anti-LGBTQ+ law
Sam George, a leader of Ghana's anti-LGBTQ partisans in parliament (Photo courtesy of Ghana Web)
Homophobes in Ghana and Turkiye keep pushing for anti-LGBTQ laws
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LGBTQ rights in 2026: What to expect around the world
Kojo, who has survived two attacks after being approached on dating apps. (Carlotta Dotto photo courtesy of The Guardian)
Torture, blackmail, extortion: the dangers of queer online dating in Ghana
Map of the 65 countries where sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal. YELLOW countries have sodomy laws that are currently being challenged before local courts. Sri Lanka, in PINK, currently has a bill before its parliament to repeal its sodomy law. Indonesia, in ORANGE, has laws that criminalize homosexuality only in some subnational jurisdictions. All states in RED have nationwide sodomy laws and no known legislative efforts or court challenges to remove them.
LGBTQ rights update: 2025 tally and 2026 preview
Veteran LGBTI rights attorney Alice Nkom remains locked in a legal dispute with Cameroonian authorities who accuse her of “financing terrorism” — a charge she vehemently denies, declaring that her principled stand is in defense of the rule of law in Cameroon.
2025 LGBTQ rights update: African activists resist growing repression
Alban Bagbin, speaker of Ghana's parliament
Ghana Parliament welcomes anti-LGBTQ lawmakers from Uganda
Sharon Slater, president of Family Watch International, meets with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in April 2023. (Photo courtesy of X)
Anti-gay Family Watch denies ‘any role’ in Uganda’s harsh law. But it fed Uganda’s homophobia.
Ghana president pledges to sign repressive anti-LGBTQ bill
Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga (Photo courtesy of Ghana Web)
Ghana’s homophobes are confused about the status of their cruel LGBTQ bill
Transgender Ghanaian artist Angel Maxine has released a new video, "Coward."
Trans Ghanaian artist releases protest song ‘Coward’
Illustration from the cover of the Rightify Ghana report "Weaponising Homophobia in Ghana’s 2024 Elections".
Ghana politicians fomented anti-LGBTQ violence during election, report says
Blackmail alert
Ghana’s most dangerous areas for anti-gay attacks and extortion
Davis Mac-Iyalla (Photo courtesy of Mamba Online)
This African chief is gay, defiant, visible and yet traditional