Listing of all contents for voice LGBT Rights in Ghana on Crowdvoice.org http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana.rss <img alt="Thumb_button_prev_bg" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/174638/thumb_button_prev_bg.gif" /> The Vice-President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, has called on West African countries to use the African Womenrsquo;s Decade to develop strategic action plans to be implemented to achieve some quick gains for women.He said the dedication of the period 2010 to Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:14:45 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=174638 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=174638 <img alt="Thumb_actuporg_bl" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/167584/thumb_actuporg_bl.gif" /> article Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:10:39 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=167584 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=167584 <img alt="Thumb_actuporg_bl" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/163666/thumb_actuporg_bl.gif" /> article Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:09:12 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=163666 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=163666 <img alt="Thumb_ilga_logo" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/161251/thumb_ilga_logo.png" /> Jay Breneman, an American activist has petitioned the US multinational technology and consulting firm IBM, to denounce Ghana’s order to “Arrest all Gays.” Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:09:05 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=161251 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=161251 <img alt="Thumb_actuporg_bl" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/158965/thumb_actuporg_bl.gif" /> article Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:10:07 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=158965 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=158965 <img alt="Thumb_500px-location_ghana_au_africa.svg_" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/157819/thumb_500px-Location_Ghana_AU_Africa.svg_.jpg" /> Homosexual sex is an act of genocide, says former Ghana Deputy Minister Sam P. Yalley, who wants all gay men, lesbians, and bisexual and transgender people jailed. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:23:53 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=157819 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=157819 <img alt="Thumb_ghana_attorneygeneral" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/156817/thumb_Ghana_AttorneyGeneral.jpg" /> The attorney general and minister for justice for the west African nation of Ghana announced publicly that he didn't think consensual homosexual sex should be criminalized. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:41:59 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=156817 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=156817 <img alt="Thumb_martin+hamidu" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/156683/thumb_Martin+Hamidu.jpg" /> Wednesday, September 7, 2011 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:08:53 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=156683 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=156683 <img alt="Thumb_2849606.large" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/152935/thumb_2849606.large.jpg" /> Pages Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:09:08 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=152935 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=152935 <img alt="Thumb_towleroadbanner" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/150894/thumb_towleroadbanner.jpg" /> A lawyer and ex-government official in Ghana has a message for the 26 million people of his country: Homosexuality is just like genocide and should be punished accordingly. Note the ominous last line of his tirade: Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:06:21 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=150894 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=150894 <img alt="Thumb_logo" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/148828/thumb_logo.gif" /> Saltpond (C/R), Aug 29, GNA – President John Evans Atta Mills has stated that the Government would not legalize the practice of homosexuality and lesbianism in the country.     Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:06:58 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=148828 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=148828 <img alt="Thumb_loading" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/144168/thumb_loading.gif" /> Ghana's President John Evans Atta Mills used a speech read for him by the Minister for Culture at a festival in Saltpond over the weekend to affirm that the government will actively fight so-called immorality and will not legalize homosexuality. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:06:46 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=144168 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=144168 <img alt="Thumb_logo" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/141181/thumb_logo.gif" /> The Global Forum on MSM and HIV (MSMGF) advocates for equitable access to effective HIV prevention, care, and treatment services tailored to the needs of gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM), while promoting their health and human rights worl Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:12:30 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=141181 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=141181 <img alt="Thumb_ghana-papers-gay-829-thumb-120xauto-3997" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/141095/thumb_ghana-papers-gay-829-thumb-120xauto-3997.jpg" /> Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, evangelical Christianity’s growth has prompted political leaders and media to incite fear of increasingly open gay communities. Ghana’s burgeoning community is the latest target. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:07:34 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=141095 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=141095 <img alt="Thumb_11398-mills" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/139277/thumb_11398-mills.JPG" /> Pages Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:06:39 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=139277 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=139277 <img alt="Thumb_940688132_206132" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/123675/thumb_940688132_206132.jpg" /> Sunday, August 21, 2011 Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:09:15 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=123675 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=123675 <img alt="Thumb_wuembsjgmveocho-111x83-cropped" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/118937/thumb_WuembsjGMVEochO-111x83-cropped.jpg" /> On July 21, 2011, it was reported that Ghana’s Western Region Minister, Paul Evans Aidoo MP has ordered the immediate arrest of all homosexuals... Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:07:46 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=118937 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=118937 <img alt="Thumb_sso_logo1" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/114493/thumb_sso_logo1.png" /> Amidst a media frenzy over homosexuality in Ghana, human rights organisations in the country have joined together to establish a taskforce called the Coalition Against Homophobia in Ghana (CAHG). Coalition ... Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:10:29 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=114493 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=114493 <img alt="Thumb_ilga_logo" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/113188/thumb_ilga_logo.png" /> After initially trying 'quiet diplomacy', Ghanaian LGBT have formed an alliance with civil society supporters to oppose an increasingly vociferous anti-gay campaign in that country. Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:07:00 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=113188 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=113188 <img alt="Thumb_35768841" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/113118/thumb_35768841.jpg" /> Pages Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:07:14 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=113118 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=113118 <img alt="Thumb_cphmagtkyndvocq-111x83-cropped" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/109462/thumb_CPHmaGtkynDVOcQ-111x83-cropped.jpg" /> Recently, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), moderated by Right Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey, stated that the... Sat, 13 Aug 2011 20:07:05 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=109462 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=109462 <img alt="Thumb_headerleftsmall" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/105041/thumb_HeaderLeftSmall.png" /> Home > News > World News Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:07:48 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=105041 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=105041 <img alt="Thumb_logo_v2" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/103541/thumb_logo_v2.png" /> Religion Dispatches is a daily online magazine dedicated to the analysis and understanding of religious forces in the world today, highlighting a diversity of progressive voices and aimed at broadening and advancing the public conversation. Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:06:36 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=103541 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=103541 <img alt="Thumb_tp-basic-logo" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/103399/thumb_TP-basic-logo.jpg" /> NEWS FLASH Ghana’s Human Rights Commissioner: We’re Not Ready To Give LGBT People Rights | Homophobia has been escalating in the African country o Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:07:09 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=103399 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=103399 <img alt="Thumb_ghana4web.jpg" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/99665/thumb_Ghana4web.jpg.jpg" /> Sunday, 7 August 2011 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:08:32 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=99665 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=99665 <img alt="Thumb_kiva_banners_r1v2-blue_728x90" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/96675/thumb_Kiva_Banners_R1v2-Blue_728x90.gif" /> Share This Page Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:06:31 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=96675 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=96675 <img alt="Thumb_facebook" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/94999/thumb_facebook.gif" /> Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender News, commentary, opinion, politics, causes, entertainment, events, personals, health, wellness, sports, interviews, travel & videos. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:07:36 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=94999 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=94999 <img alt="Thumb_banner4" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/94733/thumb_banner4.png" /> Friday, 5 August 2011 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:06:55 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=94733 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=94733 <img alt="Thumb_viewimage_story" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/93308/thumb_viewimage_story.php" /> News sources report that efforts in the African nation Ghana to round up and "get rid of" gays have not been met with vocal resistance. To the contrary, even human rights groups have fallen into a fearful silence. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:07:45 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=93308 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=93308 <img alt="Thumb_pixel" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/90416/thumb_pixel.gif" /> In mid-July I posted about the new gay witch hunt being undertaken by officials in Ghana. Here's more on the frightening situation: “All efforts are being made to get rid of these people in the society,” Paul Evans Aidoo, Ghana’s... Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:09:02 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=90416 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=90416 <img alt="Thumb_logo_reuters_media_africa" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/90168/thumb_logo_reuters_media_africa.gif" /> * Ghana minister urges arrests of homosexuals* Lawyers, rights groups question legal basis for callACCRA, July 22 (Reuters) - Human rights activists in Ghanawarned on Friday of a hate campaign against Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:06:51 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=90168 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=90168 <img alt="Thumb_icons-facebook" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/90167/thumb_icons-facebook.gif" /> Ghana: Government minister must retract his calls for arrest of gay men and lesbians Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:06:47 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=90167 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=90167 <img alt="Thumb_logo" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/88838/thumb_logo.gif" /> The Global Forum on MSM and HIV (MSMGF) advocates for equitable access to effective HIV prevention, care, and treatment services tailored to the needs of gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM), while promoting their health and human rights worl Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:05:55 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=88838 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=88838 <img alt="Thumb_ghana" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/85254/thumb_ghana.jpg" /> A minister in Ghana has reportedly ordered the arrest of all gays and lesbians in the country's Western Region. Paul Evans Aidoo, the minister for the region, has directed the Bureau of National Investigations and other agencies to find gay people and bri Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:07:02 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=85254 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=85254 <img alt="Thumb_logo_en" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/84032/thumb_Logo_EN.gif" /> It is now confirmed that the Minister for the western part of Ghana, Paul Evans Aido, ordered the arrest of all homosexuals in his area of competence Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:08:04 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=84032 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=84032 <img alt="Thumb_m80x" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/82444/thumb_m80x.png" /> allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:06:56 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=82444 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=82444 <img alt="Thumb_5fd14f056ed634edf7d80b88ce783e64" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/82111/thumb_5fd14f056ed634edf7d80b88ce783e64.jpg" /> It was in Ghana, West Africa that I was asked the most troubling question by an interview subject. Homosexuality is illegal there, but after phone-text promises of anonymity, two gay men met me in a suburban cafe outside Accra, Ghanaâs capital. They had f Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:08:17 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=82111 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=82111 <img alt="Thumb_ai_logo_grey" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/81812/thumb_ai_logo_grey.gif" /> Ghana: Government minister must retract his calls for rounding up and arrest of gay men and lesbians Posted: 27 July 2011 Amnesty International today Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:08:12 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=81812 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=81812 <img alt="Thumb_default" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/80898/thumb_default.jpg" /> Friday, 22 July 2011 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:59:39 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=80898 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=80898 <img alt="Thumb_news-ghana-flag-hand-tease" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/80249/thumb_news-ghana-flag-hand-tease.jpg" /> Gays and lesbians living in western Ghana face possible arrest after Paul Evans Aidoo, the minister for the Western Region of Ghana, called for their round-up and arrest, reports The Independent. Wed, 27 Jul 2011 06:43:03 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=80249 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=80249 <img alt="Thumb_2011-07-25_090653" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/79374/thumb_2011-07-25_090653.jpg" /> The Reverend Felix John Yeboah, chairman of the Dormaa Ahenkro local council of churches has called for a cautious approach “in our resolve to discourage the practice of homosexuality and lesbianism among our people”. Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:26:52 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=79374 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=79374 <img alt="Thumb_2849606.large" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/79373/thumb_2849606.large.jpg" /> An official in Ghana has called for the immediate arrest of all suspected gays and lesbians in the nation's Western Region. Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:24:30 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=79373 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=79373 <img alt="Thumb_logo_ghanaweb" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/79372/thumb_logo_ghanaweb.gif" /> Ghana is giving Uganda a run for their money in the Worst Place to be Gay contest. While the “rounding up” of all homosexuals in the country’s western parts isn’t quite Kill the Gays Bill level sensational, it’s hard to ignore the Holocaust parallels here Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:17:30 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=79372 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=79372 <img alt="Thumb_42d43_303670" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/79371/thumb_42d43_303670.jpg" /> The Western Regional Minister of Ghana, Paul Evans Aidoo, has triggered a witch-hunt in the country's west, ordering the arrest of all “suspected” gay and lesbian residents. Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:16:25 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=79371 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=79371 <img alt="Thumb_l2hvbwuvaw5zdgluy3rtywdhemluzs9wdwjsawnfahrtbc9pbwfnzxmvc3rvcmllcy9ibg9ncy9qaglnymvll2p1bhkymdexl2doyw5hlmdpzg__" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/79370/thumb_L2hvbWUvaW5zdGluY3RtYWdhemluZS9wdWJsaWNfaHRtbC9pbWFnZXMvc3Rvcmllcy9ibG9ncy9qaGlnYmVlL2p1bHkyMDExL2doYW5hLmdpZg__.gif" /> Not wanting its murderous homophobia to be out-shined by Africa sister nations like Uganda, leaders in Ghana have revved up their anti-gay policies, with one leader even calling for the lynching of homosexuals in the country. Details follow. Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:14:57 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=79370 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=79370 <img alt="Thumb_norway" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/79369/thumb_norway.jpg" /> The president of the Christian Council of Ghana has called on Christians, politicians, and the general public to resist any temptation to embrace the Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:11:55 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=79369 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=79369 <img alt="Thumb_0" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/79368/thumb_0.jpg" /> (no description) Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:11:11 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=79368 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=79368 <img alt="Thumb_logo" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/79367/thumb_logo.gif" /> The Global Forum on MSM and HIV (MSMGF) advocates for equitable access to effective HIV prevention, care, and treatment services tailored to the needs of gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM), while promoting their health and human rights worl Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:08:11 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=79367 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=79367 <img alt="Thumb_spacer" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/79162/thumb_spacer.gif" /> There are more battles to fight, but there has been no better time to be gay in America. Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:07:10 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=79162 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=79162 <img alt="Thumb_chellew-rd_300" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/78788/thumb_chellew-rd_300.jpg" /> Gays and lesbians in Uganda are not the only ones living in fear for their lives in Africa. According to news reports from Ghana, “the Western Region Minister Paul Evans Aidoo has ordered the immediate arrest of all homosexuals in the region.” Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:45:57 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78788 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78788 <img alt="Thumb_reverend_20dr_20fred_20deegbe_20sitting" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/78785/thumb_Reverend_20Dr_20Fred_20Deegbe_20Sitting.jpeg" /> Christian Council of Ghana on Monday condemned homosexuality being practiced in Ghana and described it as an “unnatural and ungodly act,” which should be condemned by Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:41:05 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78785 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78785 <img alt="Thumb_dn-logo" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/78784/thumb_DN-Logo.png" /> Ghanaian politicians who may want to push the idea of human rights far to include open support for homosexuals are in trouble Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:39:56 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78784 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78784 <img alt="Thumb_newsitemimage.newsimage-11-300x168" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/78783/thumb_newsitemimage.newsimage-11-300x168.jpg" /> Ghana has long been revered for its culture and welcoming of Black Americans, even allowing some to have dual citizenship. Though international Blacks are very much received by Ghanaians, the reception is robustly halted for homosexuals. Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:36:18 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78783 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78783 <img alt="Thumb_ghana_gay_men_jailed-" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/78781/thumb_ghana_gay_men_jailed-.jpg" /> A reported call by the Western Regional Minister in Ghana, Paul Evans Aidoo, to arrest gays is getting major coverage in Western media with, at time of writing, one petition and headlines such as ‘Has a gay holocaust begun in Ghana?’ and ‘Ghana Joins In O Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:31:51 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78781 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78781 <img alt="Thumb_ghanabest_80391721" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/78780/thumb_ghanabest_80391721.jpg" /> While gay Americans have a lot to celebrate lately -- the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and New York becoming the sixth state to legalize gay marriage, among them -- 76 countries still consider being gay a crime. Homosexuality has long been a heated iss Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:25:59 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78780 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78780 <img alt="Thumb_header_7" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/78773/thumb_header_7.jpg" /> Gay rights activist spreads his message in Ghana July 29, 2010 · 0 comments A local journalist, through jhr training, prompted the first ever discus Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:15:58 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78773 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78773 <img alt="Thumb_thumb" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/78772/thumb_thumb.php" /> Ghana's Western Region Minister, Paul Evans Aidoo MP has ordered the immediate arrest of all homosexuals in the countryâs west. Aidooo has tasked Ghanaâs Bureau of National Investigations and security ... Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:15:15 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78772 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78772 <img alt="Thumb_frontgayrights" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/78770/thumb_frontgayrights.jpg" /> The Centre for Popular Education and Human Rights Ghana (CEPEHRG) [advocacy website] warned Friday that the nation is on the verge of an "anti-gay hate campaign," following reports of government-endorsed anti-gay sentiments. Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:14:44 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78770 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78770 <img alt="Thumb_ghana_map-150x150" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/78769/thumb_ghana_map-150x150.jpg" /> Though LGBT people are already deemed criminals in the West African nation of Ghana, it seems that persecution of gays and lesbians is only slated to get worse,… Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:10:15 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78769 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78769 <img alt="Thumb_screen-shot-2011-07-22-at-1.40.27-pm-100x100" src="https://crowdvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/post/image/78751/thumb_Screen-shot-2011-07-22-at-1.40.27-PM-100x100.png" /> Remember a few days ago when we reported that the Western Region Minister of Ghana Paul Evans Aidoo decided it was time to round up and arrest all of the Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:06:50 -0500 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78751 http://www.crowdvoice.org/lgbt-rights-in-ghana?post=78751