Ghana: Will violence against the LGBTQ community increase with the new anti-LBGTQ law? | DW News
February 29, 2024
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as posted by the channelGhana's new anti-LBGTQ legislation has drawn international condemnation, with the United Nations calling it "profoundly disturbing".
Under the new law the promotion of LGBTQ rights will be punished with up to five years in prison. Same-sex relations are already illegal in Ghana – activists have described the new law as another setback for human rights.
Someone who knows about the difficulties of life in Ghana for queer people is musician and activist Maxine Angel Opoku – also known as Angel Maxine. She is Ghana's first openly transgender musician, and she sings about LGBTQ rights. We talk to her in our studio.
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