It has long been illegal in practice under an “old British colonial-era law” which has never been invoked in a prosecution. But homosexuality has been “deeply taboo in the highly religiously country for decades”. Ghana is seen by many as “a beacon of democracy and liberalism in a troubled region”, the paper reported. The secret history of the gay soldiers who served in the First World WarĬritics have described the anti-gay law, which follows “a wave of homophobic attacks that has swept across the West African nation over the last few years”, as “the most draconian anti-LGBTQ legislation on earth”, The Telegraph said.How Viktor Orban’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws made the EU more hawkish on Hungary.
