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2022

It is better for a nation to be poor and righteous than rich and unrigteous

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27-06-2022

Homosexuality and all its host of friends are enmities of God

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02-09-2022

A year after the arrest of 21 human rights activists on homosexuality-related charges in Ho, Ghana, an activist/researcher asks: Where do we go from here?

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24-05-2022

All Out has launched Voices of Ghana, an audio collection of powerful stories of survival and resistance from the LGBT+ community in Ghana in commemoration of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia.

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17-05-2022

A Humanist, Model, Photographer, Researcher, Campaigner, Community builder with expertise in Sexual Health, Human and LGBTQ+ Rights. Alex Kofi Donkor is the founder and current director of LGBT+ Rights Ghana, a movement of mostly young LGBTQA persons who are championing a safe, inclusive and free society for LGBTQI+ persons in Ghana.

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16-03-2022

In Ghana, “Kojo Besia” is a reference to a male who has the tendencies of a female. Being a “Kojo Besia” is one of the hardest things to be in life

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18-03-2022

The Presbyterian Church of Ghana has come out in favor of harsh penalties for public displays of same-sex affection and for anyone who supports LGBTQ rights

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13-03-2022

ANGLICAN bishops in Ghana have spoken out about the proposed criminalisation of LGBTQ people and their allies in their country, after weeks of speculation and an intervention by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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02-02-2022

Two very handsome young men decided to share and express their love for each other on social media.

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24-05-2022

The Anglican Church in Ghana is backing away from reports that it supports a bill that would impose harsh new penalties for same-sex intimacy and would make advocacy of the human rights of LGBTQ people a crime.

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04-02-2022

Most African countries are constitutional democracies that afford extensive rights and freedoms to their citizens, and safeguard their dignity.

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29-06-2022

From the other end of the phone, the quaver in her voice is palpable. The Ghanaian footballer, who wishes to remain anonymous, is recalling the night she went out to celebrate her birthday in Ashaiman, Accra

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02-07-2022

Angel Maxine did not choose his stage name: his mother gave it to him, a double tribute to his personality and his voice.

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22-12-2022

The debate around LGBT rights in Africa is marred with a growing attitude of intolerance and homophobia

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06-01-2022

GIN member, Davis Mac-Iyalla, third from left above, is an award winning Nigerian Anglo/Catholic gay Christian and founder/director of Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa

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02-07-2022

Groups led by Ghanian MPs tore down billboards erected earlier this week by LGBTQ Rights Ghana promoting Love Tolerance & Acceptance.

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17-06-2022

Why the hold up?

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12-06-2022

Like every other queer community in the continent under a tense fight for human rights, the LGBTQ+ community in Ghana has been striving for better treatment for years

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27-01-2022

Three priests in the diocese of Southwark, including the next Archdeacon of Southwark, have resigned as honorary canons of a Ghanaian cathedral, in response to the Ghanaian Bishops’ apparent support for criminalisation of LGBTQ+ people.

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14-01-2022

In October 2021 the bishops of the Anglican Church of Ghana and the Archbishop of Canterbury were involved in a disagreement about a Christian response to the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 after the Ghanaian bishops issued a statement supporting the bill

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24-02-2022

God has given man his own free will

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08-04-2022

A 26-year-old young man has narrated his ordeal with homosexuality.

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18-08-2022

A Ghanaian living in Germany told how some Ghanaian guys marry European men for documents.

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25-02-2022

As the Ghanaian Parliament considers a bill that would criminalize being LGBTQI+ or an ally of LGBTQI+ people, and ban all speech on and offline that even remotely supports LGBTQI+ rights, Twitter and Facebook's parent company Meta must publicly speak out against the proposal and state what action they will take to protect users should the legislation pass.

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17-02-2022

The youth now nowadays has been surprising people because all that they is exactly the opposite of the norms and traditions of the society.

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03-10-2022

Twitter and Google have both established a presence in Ghana. A new anti-LGBTQ+ bill would put their local employees — and users — at risk.

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01-06-2022

2023

Chairman for advocates for Christ calls for speedy passage of bill

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30-03-2023

With Ghana's 'Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021' set to undergo its second reading in the Ghanaian Parliament, EFF and other civil society partners are calling on the government of Ghana to immediately reject this draconian bill and commit instead to protecting the human rights of all people in Ghana.

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16-03-2023

This unwholesome sexual orientation poses serious health hazards to those who indulge in it

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02-04-2023

A lesbian who was outed in Ghana and forced to flee to the UK for her life has been handed a “merciful” community order for fraud after using a fake passport to work illegally as a nurse

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18-01-2023

Article by Philip Baidoo Jnr.

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13-04-2023

Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana – A recent chieftaincy brouhaha surrounding the installation of prominent human rights defender, Davis Mac-Iyalla, as Amankorehen of the Yamonransa Nkusukum Traditional Area, has led to increased attacks against the LGBTQI+ community in Cape Coast.

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02-02-2023

In January 2023, LGBTQ+ activist Davis Mac-Iyalla was installed as a chief of the Yamonransa Nkusukum area in central Ghana.

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30-04-2023

Article by Godfred Atanga

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19-04-2023

Article by Kwaku Boasiako

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18-04-2023

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong joined 50,000 people to march in support of queer rights across the Sydney Harbour Bridge for World Pride in early March. A week earlier, Albanese became the first sitting prime minister to march in Sydney’s Mardi Gras, something he’s done over several decades.

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11-04-2023

Africa is undergoing a swell of attacks on gay and non-binary people, often instigated by religious and political leaders.

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17-04-2023

Are LGBTQ members any different?

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17-05-2023

Of an equally pressing matter for the attention of children’s rights activists

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11-05-2023

Instances where the Speaker of Parliament rose to the occasion and earned the admiration of Ghanaians

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08-05-2023

One of the most famous identical twins in Ghana who are well informed about the world and how spirits work, Mckenzy and Mcmaine, popularly known as the Mystic Twins revealed a hidden secret on the NewDay Show that LGBTQI+ has been approved in the spiritual realm and will be normalized in a few years to come.

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11-05-2023

Gay activists urge caution in rights fight abroad

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30-05-2023

The United States will provide $100 million to Ghana and four other West African countries to help them deal with violent extremism and instability, Vice President Kamala Harris said on Monday during a visit to Ghana.

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28-03-2023

Endurance Dzigbordi Dedzo, often known as Endurance or Edurance Grand, is a well-known Ghanaian dancer who has finally responded to hints that she is attracted to women.

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06-05-2023

The rising violence against the LGBTQ community in Ghana follows trends across the continent.

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27-01-2023

Ghana’s only openly trans musician Angel Maxine speaks out on the dangers of a proposed anti-LGBTIQ bill

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10-01-2023

Populist politics clash with diplomatic imperatives in debate over planned legislation on sexual behaviour and information services

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22-05-2023

Religion and the LGBTQ Community: Examining Perspectives on Inclusion

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18-06-2023

LGBTQ Right And Acceptance In Ghana

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18-03-2023

Misdirected Debate On LGBTQ

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12-04-2023

Where would the LGBTQ movement and its supporters be without procreation?

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03-04-2023

Navigating the Crossroads: Balancing Values, Religion, and Secularism in Ghana's Approach to LGBTQI Rights

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12-07-2023

 

The ongoing discussion in parliament regarding anti-LGBT laws is heavily influenced by religious and political propaganda

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04-08-2023

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