Ghanaian anti-LGBT bill

Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill
Parliament of Ghana
  • A Bill to provide for human sexual rights and family values and for related matters
Territorial extentGhana
Legislative history
Committee responsibleLegal and Parliamentary Affairs
First reading2 August 2021
Considered by the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs CommitteeMarch 2023
Second reading5 July 2023
Third reading28 February 2024
Status: Pending assent

The Ghanaian anti-LGBT bill (formally the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill) is a proposed law in Ghana that would introduce wide-ranging restrictions on LGBT+ rights.[1][2] The bill was approved by the Parliament of Ghana on 28 February 2024 with bipartisan support, and will only come into effect if signed into law by president Nana Akufo-Addo.[3]

  1. ^ "As a Christian Ghanaian woman, I'm appalled by the proposed anti-LGBTIQ law". openDemocracy.
  2. ^ Avery, Dan (29 July 2021). "Ghana poised to vote on 'worst anti-LGBTQ bill ever' advocates warn". NBC News.
  3. ^ "Ghana passes bill making identifying as LGBTQ+ illegal". BBC News. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.

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