UN urges Ghana not to pass Anti-LGBT Bill

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk yesterday said the passage in the Ghanaian Parliament of the “Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2024” is profoundly disturbing. “The bill broadens the scope of criminal sanctions against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transexual and queer people – simply for being who they are – […]

Let us not criminalise people for who/what they are; let us criminalize people for what they do! – Cardinal Peter Kodwo Turkson

Let us not criminalise people for who/what they are; let us criminalize people for what they do! The Hardtalk Interview: Dear Readers, it has been brought to my attention that the response I gave to a question on homosexuality during a BBC Hardtalk Interview has upset very many in Ghana and probably elsewhere too. I […]

Homosexual marriage not in Ghana’s interest – Catholic Bishops reiterate support for anti-LGBTQ+ bill

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has reiterated support for the anti-LGBTQI+ bill, known as the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values bill, currently pending in parliament. To them, the bill was in the right direction as it sought to enact laws against criminal homosexual acts. This was contained in a communique […]

Homosexuality not a crime – Pope Francis

Pope Francis criticised laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church. “Being homosexual isn’t a crime,” Francis said during an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press. Francis acknowledged that Catholic bishops […]

‘We want your gay children to be safe’ – US Ambassador rebuffs claims of promoting LGBTQ in Ghana

United States Ambassador Virginia Palmer says calls for the protection of the rights of persons of same-sex orientation should not be misconstrued as an attempt to promote such interests. Speaking on JoyNews‘ Foreign Affairs with Blessed Sogah last Friday, the foreign diplomat noted that discrimination of all kinds is bad, hence the need for social protection measures to […]

Parliamentary Committee in London to discuss anti-gay bill

A four-member delegation of the Committee of Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs of Parliament will today begin discussions with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) on the anti-gay bill currently before Parliament. The delegation, led by the Chairman on the committee, Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, left Accra yesterday for London for the talks. The Promotion of Proper Human […]