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Title: Ghanaian lawmakers approve anti-LGBTQ bill
Post by: Jessica_Rose on May 30, 2026, 03:14:21 PM
Post by: Jessica_Rose on May 30, 2026, 03:14:21 PM
Ghanaian lawmakers approve anti-LGBTQ bill
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/05/29/ghanaian-lawmakers-approve-anti-lgbtq-bill/
Michael K Lavers (29 May 2026)
Ghanaian lawmakers on Friday approved a bill that would, among other things, criminalize LGBTQ allyship.
Reuters reported MPs approved the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025, in a voice vote after parliament's Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee backed it.
MPs in 2024 approved a similar bill, but it faced legal challenges and then-President Nana Akufo-Addo didn't sign it. Lawmakers last year reintroduced the measure after President John Dramani Mahama took office.
The bill awaits his signature.
Rightify Ghana, a Ghanaian LGBTQ advocacy group, in a series of social media posts notes MPs passed the bill days before the 4th African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty will take place in Accra, the country's capital.
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/05/29/ghanaian-lawmakers-approve-anti-lgbtq-bill/
Michael K Lavers (29 May 2026)
Ghanaian lawmakers on Friday approved a bill that would, among other things, criminalize LGBTQ allyship.
Reuters reported MPs approved the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025, in a voice vote after parliament's Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee backed it.
MPs in 2024 approved a similar bill, but it faced legal challenges and then-President Nana Akufo-Addo didn't sign it. Lawmakers last year reintroduced the measure after President John Dramani Mahama took office.
The bill awaits his signature.
Rightify Ghana, a Ghanaian LGBTQ advocacy group, in a series of social media posts notes MPs passed the bill days before the 4th African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty will take place in Accra, the country's capital.