Members unicorn Posted February 29 Members Posted February 29 This bill was passed unanimously by Ghana's parliament. Once signed into law, it will make even simply identifying as LGBTQ as a crime punishable by 3 years' imprisonment! https://abcnews.go.com/International/ghanas-parliament-passes-controversial-new-anti-lgbtq-bill/story?id=107667679 "...The bill is one of the harshest of its kind in Africa and, if signed into law, it could see people who identify as “gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, nonbinary, queer … or any other sexual or gender identity that is contrary to the binary categories of male and female” sentenced to up to three years in prison...". vinapu 1 Quote
Popular Post vinapu Posted February 29 Popular Post Posted February 29 another proof that wave of idiocy is sweeping the globe. And this is the country considered one of better governed in Africa. One wonders what disaster awaits LGBTQ people in those countries who are not. numerito, floridarob, reader and 2 others 5 Quote
caeron Posted February 29 Posted February 29 I think it's a bit perverse that the piece of colonialism that many Africans held onto was homophobia. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/08/african-homosexuality-colonial-import-myth reader, vinapu and unicorn 3 Quote
