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2006

Ghana's government has banned a conference for gay men and lesbians due to take place there later this month.

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01-09-2006

2007

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

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14-03-2007

2009

Gay Dating scams in Ghana

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21-12-2009

Would homosexuality be allowed in Ghana if using Mill’s “Harm Principle”

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17-02-2009

2011

One morning back in late May, I stumbled up the street to buy my morning paper. I opened the paper to find a headline that read:

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07-09-2011

Homosexual acts are forbidden by law in Ghana and there has been very little public debate that would suggest Ghanaians in general would like to change the status quo.

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12-06-2011

On May 30th a strange story circulated in the Ghanaian media. It claimed that 8,000 homosexuals, many with HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, had been registered by an NGO. The figures also included students in junior and senior high school.

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18-06-2011

The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) in Ghana has begun investigations into the growing rate of homosexuality in the Western and Central regions.

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20-06-2011

Ghanaian Gay Refugee In Canada Speaks

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09-12-2011

Frankly speaking, I find it difficult to understand why a virile man will want to have anal sex with another man. The whole idea of being gay baffles me. It’s one of the mysteries of life that I will never understand

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02-06-2011

I was raised a Christian and I attended Christian schools. I used to play the bass guitar in church but I don’t remember the last time I woke up on a Sunday and decided I was going to church. I do still believe in God, though. I know He rules in the affairs of men and I don’t need to go to church to hear from Him. I believe in Him in my heart and that’s all that matters.

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08-06-2011

Baaba Andoh Ato, nobody really cares what happens in someone’s bedroom and I certainly don’t think it’s a BNI issue.

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05-06-2011

Perspectives from health workers

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21-12-2011

A Ghanaian minister is "promoting hatred" by urging people to report those they suspect to be homosexual, a human rights group has told the BBC.

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22-07-2011

Press Release on Homosexuality in Ghana

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06-06-2011

A Review of “Gay Practice Between Adults Not A Crime Says Attorney-General and Minister of Justice- Martin A.B.K Amidu,” Vincent Baffour Acheampong/ Xfm 95.1/ Accra/ Ghana, reported

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29-09-2011

As the anti-homosexual brigade in Ghana has brought up the issue of homosexuality again, there is much discussion. Read Let Them Be Gay and Let Them Be Gay: A Facebook Conversation by Ato Dadzie to get an idea of what’s going on. I do not want to engage with the question of whether homosexuality is right or wrong but simply to lay out the arguments which appear to be emotional as opposed to rational.

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10-06-2011

Recent condemnation of homosexuality by religious and political leaders in Ghana has led to a climate of fear preventing men who have sex with men (MSM) from accessing vital health services, say local NGOs

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01-08-2011

2012

Not even the president can deny anybodys human rights

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17-07-2012

Ghana is in an uproar over how many, if any, rights should be granted to its gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual citizens.

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12-04-2012

Homosexuality, in recent past, has engaged the attention of the public and is, undoubtedly, one of the prime heated debates in the world, Africa and indeed Ghana. 

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26-01-2012

2013

Rev. Dr. Lawrence Tetteh has refuted the assertion that LGBTQ persons should be left alone because because their activities do not hurt third parties.

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05-08-2013

Blog post by Andrew Solomon on John Dramani Mahama

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10-02-2013

The issue of homosexuality and our cultural and moral sensibilities

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07-02-2013

Dr. Sekou Nkrumah, son of Ghana’s first president Kwame Nkrumah, has spoken out against anti-gay laws and persecution of LGBTs in the West African nation.

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06-08-2013

Amnesty International has condemned the chief of Tamale, the Northern regional capital, for endorsing the lynching of gays in his area. Dakpema Naa Mahamadu Dawuni is reported to have told the media that his Palace has received several reports of homosexual activities in the locality

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20-03-2013

We must also quickly underscore the fact that both homosexuality and adultery are expressly proscribed by the Ten Commandments

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04-08-2013

2014

The report, which analyzed LGBT rights in 54 African countries in total, paints a picture of a continent in crisis.

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14-07-2014

On Monday June 28, manager of FOKN Bois and CEO of Pidgen Music Panji Anoff, carried out a very interesting sociological experiment on his Facebook timeline. Panji ostensibly ‘came out’, announcing to the whole world that he is gay

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31-07-2014

It’s always been a struggle for me to write about my experiences working, living, and traveling abroad. When it comes to writing about expectations, culture, cultural differences, etc., it is incredibly easy to venture into verbally dangerous waters, and this seems to be especially true when writing about experiences in “Africa

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29-07-2014

Consequences Of Imposing The Homo/Hetero Binary And The Prospect For Decriminalisation Of MSM In Contemporary Ghana

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08-01-2014

2015

Following a judicial affirmation of same-sex marriage by the Supreme Court of the United States of America, the floodgate of controversy had been opened to re-ignite an age-old conflict between secularism and religion regarding the issue of homosexuality.

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23-07-2015

Pastor Jide Macauley today issued this warning about an anti-LGBTI criminal in Ghana reportedly using social media to entrap and assault LGBTI people: “SERIOUS WAR

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15-08-2015

We live in a very challenging time of human history, the period the Bible refers to as the "end time". This period is characterised by the appearances of multiplicity of humanistic philosophies.

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28-07-2015

Many a people, especially the pious Christian has been awestruck by the decision of the Supreme Court of the USA to legalize same sex

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29-06-2015

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