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Is Homosexuality Really New In Ghana?


Yaa Broni goes to town -the gay community
Last week, Joy FM had a homosexual on a programme and my oh my, the guy was literally chewed and spat out on air by many callers. While some rained hell and damnation on him, others wished him and his compatriots to disappear from the face of the Earth. Callers spewed and spluttered all manner of expletives to condemn this young man.

Let me also wade into the fray. I find it very interesting that many Ghanaians are behaving like ostriches with our heads buried so deep in the sand ; the realities have long evaporated into thin air. Homosexuality has come to stay, whether we like it or not.


They live among us. Your son could be a closet homosexual for all you know. Now, which would you rather have, a closet homo or a declared one? Why are we behaving as if homosexuality is so unheard of in Ghana and has suddenly reared it's 'ugly head.

C'mon, the girls practice it in the girl's schools and the boys practice it in their schools too. It’s a practice that’s been going on for years. But like the ostriches that we are, we either hoped it was all rumour, or only a few « warped minds » practiced it or just growing pains manifesting in an ugly form.

The supi in girls's schools and whatever the boys call themselves practiced in our schools is part of the transition to full blown homsexuality like the pupa to butterfly. The reality is that homosexuality is very rife in this country.

Like prostitution,you can’t get rid of it ; it has come to stay.And unless the closet ones come out, it is not so easy to spot one, unless they exhibit the effeminate tendencies, which is not wholly homosexual because some men are effeminate but not neccessarily homosexual.

Gosh! I get confused myself trying to figure them out. Anyway, the bottom line here is, regardless of the religious implications, by way of it being sinful, they 'aint gonna' go away,chums! I personally can never get over seeing two men kiss or two women at it, if you catch my drift, but hey, it is their right to have a different sexual preference, no matter how uncomfortable one feels about it.

I don’t begin to understand the scientific, psychological, and genetic explanations given for men and women being this way. All I know is there is a community of homosexuals in this country, growing larger with every passing day. And now they want to be heard, recognised and their rights respected! That's a tall order, I can hear the more liberal Ghanaians saying, but the radical ones among us would like to banish them to some land of 'never,never''.

I dont know what is more frightening, the influx of homosexuals, or the fact some of these men and women adopt this practice as part of the foibles of the so-called hip society.You want to belong, you dabble in it. These days you go to parties you see women greeting each other by kissing each other on the lips. When did we get to this? Is it ''sua tera'' or…? We have abandoned the poor cheeks for the lips. It is hip they say. So people, homosexuality is here to stay, be it the straight ones or the bi-sexuals…

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=109753

Comments:
"Yaa Asantewaa was Obaa Banyin as the Ashantis say. To me, she helped discover the female identity and since then the Ashanti women started behaving like men and the men who could not cope decided to be women. Ever since, they have been "lotosing" each other's bum like it is not a sh*t hole. It was exported to other parts of Ghana from the Ashanti region. Period."

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Proposed gay conference still sketchy
Posted: Aug 31 2006


http://www.myjoyonline.com/ghananews.asp?p=21&a=28592



The government has sent the strongest indication yet that it will not tolerate mushrooming gay and lesbian communities in the country.

There are reports of a planned international conference of homosexuals in the country on the 23rd of September this year. Information about the conference, billed for the Eastern Regional capital, Koforidua is sketchy.

But the government says it will not tolerate such a gathering. The Minister for Information and National Orientation has issued a stern warning to the organizers of the conference against holding any such event in the country.

Gays and lesbians are everywhere in Ghana today.

The Gay and Lesbians association says its membership increases by the day. That might include the lady or gentleman nest door, a colleague at the office, or perhaps your church member.

Students at secondary level, top men and women in society, from diverse professions including politicians are but a few examples of the gay members of our society today. If you don’t believe me listen to the president of the Gay and Lesbians association Prince McDonald.

According to Mr. McDonald the gay community has at least five hundred members in Accra alone. There are reports of an international gay conference to be held in Ghana next month, but in the first ever-public statement on the phenomenon, the government has indicated it will not tolerate any gay or lesbian jamboree.

Minister for Information and National Orientation Kwamena Bartels has cautioned that unnatural carnal sex is illegal under the country’s criminal code. According to a statement issued in Accra, Homosexuality, lesbianism and bestiality are therefore offences under the laws of Ghana. In blunt language

Mr. Bartels says government will not permit the proposed conference, which would have brought gays and lesbians from all over the world to Ghana. Consequently the government has directed the Minister for the Interior to investigate, the officials who are purported to have given permission for the holding of the conference.

The Interior Minister is also expected to institute disciplinary action if the organizers are found to have contravened the laws of the country.

Government says it does not and will not condone any such activity which it says violently offends the culture, morality and heritage of Ghanaians.

Well, the government statement seem to suggest that there’s no place for people who believe in same sex, referring to the laws of the country, the morality and culture of the people.