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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe legislative process in Ghana\u2019s parliament is being aggressively fast-tracked<\/p>\n
Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor, majority chief whip of the Ghana Parliament, says Parliament could pass the anti-LGBTQ bill within days. (Photo courtesy of MyJoyOnline)
\nThe LGBTQ advocacy group Rightify Ghana states:
\nGhana\u2019s Parliament Accelerates Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill Passage
\nOn Thursday, 28th May 2026, the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs presented its report on the \u201cHuman Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill\u201d (the anti-LGBTQ+ bill) to the Parliament of Ghana, officially recommending its full passage into law.
\nThe legislative process is being aggressively fast-tracked this week:<\/p>\n
1. Adoption: Parliament has officially adopted the committee\u2019s report.<\/p>\n
2. Second Reading: The bill has passed the Second Reading stage following a motion.[in order to pass it before] the upcoming 4th African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty, which [Parliament] is hosting in Accra from June 3-6, 2026.<\/p>\n
3. Consideration Stage: The bill is now undergoing a clause-by-clause debate and amendment phase. Once this stage concludes, a Third Reading will take place, making the bill effectively ready for final passage.<\/p>\n
Why the sudden rush?
\nParliament is expediting the process to align with the upcoming 4th African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty, which it is hosting in Accra from June 3-6, 2026.
\nMake no mistake: this conference is an anti-rights gathering organized to dismantle and attack women\u2019s rights, LGBTQI+ rights, and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).
\nWe must remain vigilant as these fundamental human rights are threatened.
\nFull speed ahead
\nThe PM Express and MyJoyOnline reported that the Majority Chief Whip of the Parliament of Ghana, Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor, says Parliament could pass the reintroduced anti-LGBTQ bill within days.\u00a0 The headline of the MyJoy article was \u201cWe can pass it by Friday \u2013 Dafeamekpor signals rapid move on LGBTQ bill\u201d.
\nWhat the anti-LGBTQ bill would do
\nThe anti-LGBTQ bill calls for three years in prison for anyone who identifies as (\u201cholds out as\u201d) LGBTQ.
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If enacted without change from its previous version, which was approved unanimously in Parliament in 2024 but never enacted, that means the bill would theoretically lead to the imprisonment of more than 350,000 people, based on a 2011 survey\u00a0in which 1 percent of Ghana\u2019s population said they were gay or lesbian.
\nThe new legislation would expand on Ghana\u2019s current law that already provides a three-year prison sentence for same-sex intimacy. The new bill would also add a three-year prison term for people who:<\/p>\n
Participate in gender-reassignment surgery;
\nEnter into a same-sex marriage; or
\nAttend a same-sex wedding.<\/p>\n
It would impose prison sentences of up to 10 years on people who \u201cpromote\u201d LGBTQ activity. The legislative process in Ghana\u2019s parliament is being aggressively fast-tracked Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor, majority chief whip of the Ghana Parliament, says Parliament could pass the anti-LGBTQ bill within days. (Photo courtesy of MyJoyOnline) The LGBTQ advocacy group Rightify Ghana states: Ghana\u2019s Parliament Accelerates Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill Passage On Thursday, 28th May 2026, the Committee on Constitutional …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3659155457675267_172535249438148":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ghana-legislators-aim-to-pass-anti-gay-bill-before-June-3.jpg",685,424,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ghana-legislators-aim-to-pass-anti-gay-bill-before-June-3-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ghana-legislators-aim-to-pass-anti-gay-bill-before-June-3-300x186.jpg",300,186,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ghana-legislators-aim-to-pass-anti-gay-bill-before-June-3.jpg",618,383,false],"large":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ghana-legislators-aim-to-pass-anti-gay-bill-before-June-3.jpg",618,383,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ghana-legislators-aim-to-pass-anti-gay-bill-before-June-3.jpg",685,424,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ghana-legislators-aim-to-pass-anti-gay-bill-before-June-3.jpg",685,424,false],"tie-small":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ghana-legislators-aim-to-pass-anti-gay-bill-before-June-3-110x75.jpg",110,75,true],"tie-medium":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ghana-legislators-aim-to-pass-anti-gay-bill-before-June-3-310x165.jpg",310,165,true],"tie-large":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ghana-legislators-aim-to-pass-anti-gay-bill-before-June-3-310x205.jpg",310,205,true],"slider":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ghana-legislators-aim-to-pass-anti-gay-bill-before-June-3-660x330.jpg",660,330,true],"big-slider":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ghana-legislators-aim-to-pass-anti-gay-bill-before-June-3.jpg",685,424,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe bill is widely opposed by human rights advocates, as well as by Peter Turkson, a cardinal of the Catholic Church in Ghana.\u00a0Turkson has distanced himself from the bill\u00a0because it would criminalize people for merely being gay rather than for any actions.
\nGhana\u2019s Human Rights Commission told Parliament that the bill would encroach on the fundamental human right of association.<\/p>\n\n
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