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Zeenat Hansrod

Ghana activists denounce new bill that makes identifying as LGBTQ+ a crime

Activists in the United States have regularly rallied against Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws. © AP/Emily Leshner

Ghana has joined Uganda and Kenya in passing harsh legislation that not only penalises LGBTQ+ people, but also those who defend them, with up to 10 years' imprisonment. Activists have vowed to challenge the bill, which still needs the president's signature to become law.

Ghana's parliament unanimously approved the “Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values” bill on Wednesday.

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