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# Ghanaian LGBTQ+ rights centre launches fundraiser
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/ghanaian-lgbtq-rights-centre-launches-fundraiser/
- Published: 2021-03-20T16:16:12.000Z
- Updated: 2021-03-20T07:28:36.000Z
- Description: The first LGBTQ+ rights centre in Ghana has launched a fundraiser after the hub was raided by police.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Queer Corner, Ghana, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Africa, LGBTQ+ equality, Marriage equality, Nana Akufo-Addo

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The first LGBTQ+ rights centre in **Ghana** has launched a fundraiser after the hub was raided by police only three weeks after [opening](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/ghana-sets-up-first-lgbtq-community-hub/), forcing it to temporarily close due to safety concerns. **LGBT+ Rights Ghana**, the country’s biggest queer advocacy group, launched a [GoFundMe](https://uk.gofundme.com/f/lgbt-rights-ghana-community-support-fund?ref=scenemag.co.uk) with the aim of raising $100,000 to *“provide support and empower members of our beloved Ghanaian LGBTQ+ community who are financially constrained.”*

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The money raised will also help improve security at the LGBTQ+ centre to avoid further incidents. So far, nearly $40,000 has been donated, with LGBT+ Rights Ghana thanking everyone who has participated in the fundraiser on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/LGBTRightsGhana/status/1370850755452751879?ref=scenemag.co.uk), adding: *“We appreciate every coin.”* When the centre reopens, it aims to create the country’s first library dedicated to queer literature, and to set up a space for LGBTQ+ health education.

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LGBTQ+ Ghanaians are still persecuted for their sexuality and/or gender identity, and the country’s president, **Nana Akufo-Addo,** has spoken out against LGBTQ+ rights on numerous occasions. [Recently](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/ghanian-president-refuses-to-legalise-same-sex-marriage/), Akufo-Addo said he will never legalise same-sex marriage during his presidency, which sparked backlash from LGBTQ+ activists who demanded he repeal Section 104, which criminalises consensual same-sex relationships between Ghanaian men.