Ghana lawmakers reintroduce controversial, cruel and regressive anti-LGBTQ+ legislation

Lawmakers in Ghana have reintroduced a controversial bill that– if passed into law – would become some of the toughest anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in Africa.

The legislation, entitled the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, sets out a three-year prison term for those who merely identify as LGBTQ+, up to five years in prison for those who campaign for LGBTQ+ rights and a prison term of up to 10 years for anyone involved in LGBTQ+ advocacy campaigns aimed at minors. 

Currently, same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Ghana and deemed “unnatural carnal knowledge” which is punishable by up to three years imprisonment. Further to this, legal recognition of trans identities does not exist, gender affirming care is not provided, discrimination protections are basically non-existent and queer people cannot serve

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