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Human rights defenders urged venues to shun the anti-gay conference The anti-gay Fourth African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Conference, previously planned for the Four Points by Sheraton hotel, then at the Accra Ridge Church, will now be held at Parliament House. (Image courtesy of the Parliament of Ghana on Facebook) The LGBTQ rights advocacy group Rightify Ghana reports: The venue …

Human rights defenders urged venues to shun the anti-gay conference The anti-gay Fourth African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Conference, previously planned for the Four Points by Sheraton hotel, then at the Accra Ridge Church, will now be held at Parliament House. (Image courtesy of the Parliament of Ghana on Facebook)The LGBTQ rights advocacy group Rightify Ghana reports:The venue for the …

COMMENTARY: In Ghana, he vows to sign cruel anti-LGBTQ bill. In the U.S., he’s evasive. President John Dramani Mahama speaks at Temple University Center for Anti-Racism on March 27. (Click the image to see video of his remarks, courtesy of Rightify Ghana)   By Melanie Nathan President John Dramani Mahama has presented two faces to the world: One tailored for …

Opponents of the refiled bill call it unconstitutional, discriminatory and expensive   Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga (Photo courtesy of Ghana Web) Anti-gay politicians in Ghana revealed this week that they were confused about the status of the harsh Anti-LGBTQ Bill that parliament passed last year, only to see it expire without a presidential signature. A group of politicans had said …