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4. LGBTQ tolerance billboards spark uproar in Ghana

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Jun 16, 2022, 02:50 PM

Jun 2022

Large billboards promoting LGBTQ tolerance have been torn down in Ghana's capital and other areas this month after sparking outrage in the West African country.

Gay sex is illegal in conservative, highly religious Ghana, but a proposed law will criminalise even LGBTQ advocacy and impose longer jail terms for same-sex relations.

The "Promotion of proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values" bill is in parliament, but was widely condemned by the international community and rights activists.

LGBTQ activists said they put up posters several metres high in Accra and two other cities, with phrases such as "Love, Tolerance and Acceptance".

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Ghana's tragic turn toward anti-LGBT extremism [View all] Eugene Jun 2022 OP

The LGBTQ community is world-wide. ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2022 #1

Just spitballing about this here, but I believe Fred Phelps did us a lot of damage lambchopp59 Jun 2022 #2

Hating The "Other" Puzzles Me colsohlibgal Jun 2022 #3

LGBTQ tolerance billboards spark uproar in Ghana Behind the Aegis Jun 2022 #4