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# Ghana MPs form anti-LGBTQ+ alliance
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/ghana-mps-form-anti-lgbtq-alliance/
- Published: 2021-03-25T11:45:27.000Z
- Updated: 2021-03-24T20:45:42.000Z
- Description: MPs and lawmakers in Ghana have formed a ‘Believers against LGBTQ+’ alliance.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Ghana, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+ equality, Nana Akufo-Addo

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Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah

A handful of MPs and lawmakers in **Ghana** have formed a ‘Believers against LGBTQ+’ alliance with plans to propose a bill which will allow for harsher treatment of queer people, despite same-sex relations already being punishable by imprisonment. According to the **[African Equality Centre](https://twitter.com/aec%5Fgh/status/1373995544146804737?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1373996194146439173%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2%5F&ref%5Furl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinknews.co.uk%2F2021%2F03%2F23%2Fghana-mps-believers-against-lgbtqi-criminalise-african-equality-centre%2F&ref=scenemag.co.uk)**, the group announced its plans at a rally on **March 21**, where lawmaker **Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah** said being LGBTQ+ goes against Ghanaian culture.

Bedzrah said the bill is being discussed shortly, and confirmed that **Alban Bagbin**, a parliamentary speaker, already backs it, and said he *“will not tolerate any law or permit anything that is against our culture”.* **Moses Foh-Amoaning,** an MP known for his anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs, is helping to draw up the bill, with the African Equality Centre referring to him as *“Ghana’s biggest homophobe.”*

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The formation of the anti-LGBTQ+ alliance comes shortly after Ghana’s first LGBTQ+ equality centre and community hub was forced to shut down after it was raided by police. The centre has set up a[ fundraiser](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/ghanaian-lgbtq-rights-centre-launches-fundraiser/) with the hopes to reopen soon with improved security, however, authorities are becoming increasingly hostile towards LGBTQ+ Ghanaians. President **Nana Akufo-Addo** has spoken out against LGBTQ+ rights on numerous occasions, and r[ecently](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/ghanian-president-refuses-to-legalise-same-sex-marriage/) said he will never legalise same-sex marriage during his presidency.

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Nana Akufo-Addo