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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, is shocked at media speculations that an
International Gay Conference had allegedly been scheduled for Accra,
Ghana in the third week of September.
The leader of the
Homosexuals Association said that he as well as his group are unaware of
any International Conference for gays and lesbians slated to take place
in Ghana .
He expressed shock
that some media houses which carried news stories on the alleged
conference attributed statements to him (McDonalds) whereas he had never
been contacted. P.K McDonalds emphasized that the on-going hullabaloo on
gays and lesbians’ recognition and an alleged international conference
was nothing but a pure speculation of a story cooked up by the media.
He said though the
debate in the media had aggravated public hatred against people with
same sex preference, they are not the least discouraged.
Interestingly, the
leader of the homosexuals, said gays and lesbians rather become united
and develop a stronger affection between and among themselves when
society turns against them.
In a previous
interview, Mr McDonalds had said that Gay and Lesbians Association of
Ghana has over 500 registered members, with an office in Accra as well
as regional offices in Sunyani, Kumasi and Cape Coast.
The Association he
noted, does not register people under 18 years of age and they meet
nicodemously on regular basis.
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