It might be tempting for Ghanaians to smile at countries which still run the barbaric law dubbed Sharia when they punish the LGBT crowd but it often runs much deeper than that, touching on other barbaric punishments like cutting off of limbs for stealing and punishing adultery with caning or worse.
In Malaysia, two lesbians have been punished by caning after being convicted of having s*x in a car.
A 9 year old kid in the United States in Denver, Colorado, has committed suicide after being bullied by his classmates for being gay.
Jamel Myles, a student at the Joe Shoemaker Elementary School, committed suicide last Thursday after four straight days of enduring bullying at his school.
A study conducted by the Africa Centre for International Law and Accountability (ACILA) has found that Ghanaians are more worried about homos£xuality than any other issue plaguing our society bar corruption.
The recently released study, conducted in June, found that issues such as armed robbery, rape, high cost of living, poor infrastructure, galamsey, education and many of the other myriad problems in Ghana concern the average Ghanaian far less than the issue of homos£xuality.
The albino who is lucky to belong to a society like Ghana where his likes are not just tolerated but embraced instead of being sacrificed for rituals like it is done in other countries is out there spewing his usual homophobic garbage instead of practicing the same tolerance that has been extended to him and … Read more
The issue of homosexuality has made it back into the news after UK Prime Minister, Theresa May offered to help African countries including Ghana to decriminalize it. Theresa May earlier this week blamed colonialism for turning Africans against homosexuality and ventured to help in correcting the mess they created by making Africans believe it was … Read more
Talk of the height of intolerance. In most parts of the world homosexuality is still a very touchy issue for most people, and even though it has been legalized in some parts, the rest of the world is still finding it hard to come to terms with the phenomenon of same-sex loving. The fear of … Read more
Every week there’s a new topic that Ghanaians are fussing over. If Moesha is not making headlines with her legendary intellect, Patapaa is getting arrested by the fashion police for his “killer” suit at the VGMAs. Or wannabe gangsta 419 Shatta Wale is privately receiving slaps from his baby mama at home while publicly claiming … Read more
Being a homosexual in Ghana is one of the worst things a person can be. Apart from having to deal with crappy conditions of living and doing your best not to get killed over someone’s negligence, you have to deal with people who claim to hate you getting all up in your business. Or all … Read more
‘Myopia’ – the phenomenon of nearsightedness, refers to when the eye can see short distances just fine but suffers to make out objects at long distances.
As a term, it is used to refer to being only focused on short termism and never thinking about what happens in the long term.
Once again a pair of LGBT people in Ghana minding their own business nearly found themselves killed by ignorant, backwards Ghanaians who leave all the corruption and broken down systems in their sh*thole to scapegoat gay people.
We guess beating down on ‘sinners’ make us feel good and forget for a while that people die in needless road accidents everyday and most people can’t afford three square meals.
Despite Ghanaians detest for anything LGBT; a community of these people are gradually building up in Ghana, paving way for those who for many years have had to hide what they really feel about themselves.
And one of such people is Ghana’s only open transgender, called Madina Broni. In fact, she’s a transsexual as she has had her male organ removed or substituted—a surgery she says she flew to Spain to get done.
The conversation over the legalization or otherwise of homos*xuality in Ghana is heating up with the recent report from Human Rights Watch which indicted Ghana for discriminating against gays.
That follows the comments by the President, Nana Akufo-Addo, that legalization is something that is bound to happen sometime in the future. All these has brought the issue to the forefront of the discussion in Ghana.
A man alleged to be gay who tried to initiate a s*xual encounter with a co-worker was beaten near death by a mob in Kumasi.
According to a report from Abusua Fm, the man invited a male co-worker to his house and tried having s*x with him, but the colleague was startled and raised an alarm.
Ghanaians have gotten their panties in a bunch because President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, speaking to Al Jazeera, failed to validate their worst homophobic impulses by actually giving a reasoned answer to the question of gay rights.
Akufo-Addo did not endorse homos*xuality, as some are pretending he did, but he did not personally denounce it either. He simply said Ghanaians are against it and that one day if enough pressure arose, it might become legalized.
Jesus Christ once allegedly said that ‘love your neighbour as yourself’, yet the people who most claim to be his followers do nothing but hate their neighbours all day long (those from other tribes, other political affiliation, atheists and gays etc).
And yes, I’m talking about my fellow Ghanaians, the saddest, sickest, twisted, hypocritical bunch of people the face of this planet has ever seen.
