The University of Ghana (UG) has issued a forceful rebuttal to claims by prominent anti-LGBTQ+ advocate Moses Foh-Amoaning that the institution amended its statutes to endorse or admit LGBTQ+ activities, labeling the accusations as “entirely false, misleading, and defamatory.” In a detailed statement released on November 24, 2025, UG clarified that recent changes to itsContinue reading “University of Ghana Vehemently Denies Allegations of Promoting LGBTQ+ Activities, Demands Apology from Moses Foh-Amoaning, Slams Irresponsible Media Reports”
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25 Final-Year Students Suspended from Agona Swedru SHS After Violent Reaction to Same-Sex Proposal
Twenty-five final-year students at Agona Swedru Senior High School have been indefinitely suspended following a violent clash triggered by a rejected same-sex relationship proposal. School authorities report that the incident began when one male student proposed a romantic relationship to another who rejected it. The student who declined shared the proposal with friends, who allegedlyContinue reading “25 Final-Year Students Suspended from Agona Swedru SHS After Violent Reaction to Same-Sex Proposal”
Foreign Affairs Minister Clarifies Ghana’s UN Vote on Sexual Orientation Issues Was Against Violence, Not in Support of LGBTQ+
Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has clarified Ghana’s position on its abstention in a United Nations Human Rights Council vote on July 7, 2025, to renew the mandate of the Independent Expert on Protection Against Violence and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (A/HRC/59/L.2). Speaking as part of the government’s response throughContinue reading “Foreign Affairs Minister Clarifies Ghana’s UN Vote on Sexual Orientation Issues Was Against Violence, Not in Support of LGBTQ+”
‘Left Behind’: Discriminatory School Policies, Violence Cut Short Education of Ghanaian LGBTQI Students
TTU deletes discriminatory article from website, following Rightify Ghana’s condemnation, but keeps anti-gay policy in students handbook Discriminatory policies targeting LGBTQI+ students are widespread, evidence found in multiple schools 68 LGBTQI+ students expelled, suspended or dropped out since 2013, but number only represent a fraction of cases In January 2022, when Rightify Ghana denounced aContinue reading “‘Left Behind’: Discriminatory School Policies, Violence Cut Short Education of Ghanaian LGBTQI Students”
