Map of Ghana

official name: Republic of Ghana
capital: Accra
independence: 1957 from UK
president: John Atta Mills
population: 23.8million
languages: English (official)Akan Ewe
currency: Cedi (GHC)
Religion: 63% Christian 16% Muslim
homosexual status: Illegal

 

Ghana

Gay party in Takoradi

26 Aug 2009- Ghana- About two hundred suspected homosexuals have held two separate birthday parties in Sekondi-Takoradi...more

 

Accra goes gay after declaration of election results

03 Jan 2009- Accra, Ghana- Hundreds of supporters of President-Elect, John Evans Atta Mills took to the streets of Accra clad in white calico...more

 

Male prostitutes practice openly in Accra

14 Oct 2008- Accra, Ghana- Homosexual prostitutes, who were hitherto said to be operating under cover...more

 

 

 

They say I am gay because I am hot

 
06 Sept 2008- Accra, Ghana- One thing you will be amazed about him when you see him perform is his ability to switch voices...more

 

 

 

You can't have condoms in jail

 
09 Aug 2008- Ghana- The Ghana Prisons Service cannot give out condoms to gay prisoners to practice safe sex as part of its prisons HIV/AIDS education campaign...more

 

 

 

Government asked to improve on Human Rights

08 May 2008- Ghana- Human Rights Non-Governmental Organisations in Ghana have expressed concern about human rights abuses in the country saying that even though the country is not doing badly...more

 

The Truth About Gay Guys

O8 Jan 2008- Ghana- Homophobia is negative feelings about people who are (or appear to be) gay, lesbian, or bisexual...more

 

 

 

Briton charged over gay sex in Ghana

06 Nov 2007- Accra, Ghana- A Briton has been remanded in custody in Ghana for having sex with another man, the Foreign Office confirmed yesterday...more


Ghana's secret gay community

18 July 2007- Ghana- "We have to hide ourselves if even walking in the afternoon, someone can throw stones at you," he said...more


African Commission ignores gay rights

31 May 2007- Ghana- The rights of gays and lesbians in Africa were left out of the 41st ordinary session of the African commission on human and people's rights due to a constraint in time, the ACHPS chairperson has explained...more


African values against gay marriages lauded

07 May 2007- Ghana- The Presiding Archbishop of the International Council for the Clergy, has lauded traditional African values that bar gay marriages and other practices that are at variant with Christianity...more
 

Ghana's secret gay community

14 Mar 2007- Accra- When Patrick Williams told his mother he was gay, she packed his bags and threw him out of the house, disowning her son for what she saw as an evil act...more

 

 

 

Ghanaian gays to meet Kufuor

12 Mar 2007- Ghanaian gays in the United Kingdom are planning to meet President Kufuor in a bid to get the government to amend the country's laws banning homosexuality...more

 

 

Ghana visit should address gay rights

15 Nov 2006- Gay campaigner Peter Tatchell has called on the government to raise the issue of human rights with the Ghanaian President when he visits the UK in the next parliamentary session...more


No to gay lesbian conference in ghana

15 Sept 2006- The government of Ghana has banned the organising and hosting of a Gay and Lesbian conference in Ghana. The Conference, which had been scheduled for Accra in the third week of September was to have been attended by Gays and Lesbians from all over the world...more


Gay Conference At Legon?

11 Sept 2006- Ghana- Places in and around the environs of the University of Ghana, Legon, have become hibernating points for the gay men before the forth-coming conference slated for first week in October...more


Homosexuals society accuses media of cooking up Gay stories

 

07 Sept 2006-The President of Gay and Lesbian Association of Ghana, Patrick McDonalds has noted that his association, which seeks the welfare of gays, lesbians and bisexuals in Ghana...more

 

Pentecost Church is shocked of Gay and Lesbians  Conference


05 Sept 2006- The Church of Pentecost has registered its abhorrence of reports that homosexuals and lesbians are planning to hold an international conference in Ghana...more

 

 

Ghanaian Daily Statesman jumps to defend  homosexuals

04 Sept 2006- Ghana- Private legal practitioner and editor of the Daily Statesman has jumped to the defence of homosexuals in the country, questioning the basis of the decision to bar their planned conference...more

 

Ghana Bans Int'l Gay Conference 

01 Sept 2006- Accra- The government of Ghana has banned an international LGBT civil rights conference that was to have taken place in the small African country later this month...more

 

 

Ghana’s Homosexuals want recognition

25 August 2006- Even though Ghanaians and the country's legal framework generally frown on same sex, there are many Ghanaians who have been "clandestinely" engaged in their sexual preference, but have now publicly announced their desire to be recognised...more

Harassment and inequality for asylum seekers at UK detention centres

Asylum seeking turns into a nightmare at the detention centre, if one would not even speak English then you are bound to face all the abuse and mistreatment inside the detention here in London...more

 


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