{"id":89957,"date":"2026-05-29T22:15:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T22:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=89957"},"modified":"2026-05-29T22:15:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T22:15:33","slug":"ghana-lawmakers-approve-bill-criminalizing-lgbtq-promotion-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/05\/29\/ghana-lawmakers-approve-bill-criminalizing-lgbtq-promotion-official-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana lawmakers approve bill criminalizing LGBTQ promotion, official says"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA24nYom.img?w=768&h=513&m=6\" alt=\"Ghanaian lawmakers attend a parliamentary session on the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill in Accra, Ghana, May 29, 2026. REUTERS\/Francis Kokoroko\" width=\"684\" height=\"457\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s parliament on Friday approved a new bill that criminalizes the so-called promotion of LGBTQ activity, part of a broader crackdown on sexual minorities in West Africa.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/world\/ghana-lawmakers-approve-bill-criminalizing-lgbtq-promotion-official-says\/ar-AA24nmvw?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a19fc0f024543eb8f99ff07c0f7ef21&ei=38\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Ghana\u2019s parliament on Friday approved a new bill that criminalizes the so-called promotion of LGBTQ activity, part of a broader crackdown on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Lgbtq.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89958,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89957\/revisions\/89958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}