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• Ghana: LGBT+

  Idris Elba and Naomi Campbell sign letter backing gay rights in Ghana

  1 March 2021, by AKINWOTU Emmanuel, PARVEEN Nazia

  Group of 67 high-profile Brits of African origin say they are ‘deeply disturbed’ by recent closure of LGBTQ+ centre in Accra

  Some of the UK’s most prominent people of Ghanaian heritage have joined together to condemn their former homeland for its stance on gay rights in what will be seen as an extraordinary show of diaspora power.

  The influential names in fashion, film and media, including Idris Elba and the Vogue editor-in-chief, Edward Enninful, have signed an open letter in support of Ghana’s LGBTQ+ (...)

• Ghana: LGBT+

  Ghana: Campaigners demand decriminalisation of homosexuality after spike in anti-LGBT violence

  8 January 2018, by BUTCHER Ryan

  ’The Ghanaian government should work to address the stigma that subjects people to violence in their own homes, the place where they should feel safest’
  Human rights campaigners are calling for the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Ghana after a new report found violence towards LGBT people (...)