Africa: A Year On From the Ho 21 Arrests, Queer Ghanaians Fear More to Come

If the anti-gay bill is passed, how many more police raids, media witch-hunts, and hateful speeches will be subjected to simply for existing?

Diary of a disaster

Thursday 20 May, 2021

It is a cool Thursday night. I am sitting at my favourite beach restaurant in Accra. Suddenly, my phone starts buzzing. In a group chat for lesbian, bisexual and queer (LBQ) people in Ghana, the administrators are swiftly removing people without explanation.

We soon learn why. In the city of Ho, in southeast Ghana,…