Ghana Seeking To Sign Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill Into Law

Alban S. K. Bagbin, the Speaker of Ghana Parliament, has stated that he would rather die than see the legalization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) activities in Ghana.

The Speaker of Parliament announced this at a press reception in Tamale as part of the Parliament of Ghana’s 30th Anniversary Celebration on the theme: “Thirty(30) years of Parliamentary Democracy Under the Fourth Republic; The Journey thus Far”.

“For you all to participate in it, count me out of Ghana because I will prefer to join my maker than to live. That is me, I am a Catholic and I will not do anything that will end the world because God says the world is eternal until he comes back we cannot do that to end the world,” Bagbin said.

The Speaker stated that the behaviours of gays and lesbians are causing the extinction of indigenous populations in most European countries and that the sooner Ghana stops their activities, the better for all.

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“They have the repercussions in their country and I can tell you that in the next 50 years, there will be no indigenous European in the world.”

He emphasizes that the anti-gay legislation will be passed during his tenure as Speaker.

The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021, often known as the Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill, is currently under consideration in the current Parliament.

The bill, which is currently being reviewed by the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs, aims to protect human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values while outlawing the activities of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender people, and queers in Ghana.

If the law is passed, a person found guilty might face up to ten years in prison.

The bill was introduced by eight MPs from both the Majority and Minority caucuses.