Lesbianism and Homosexuality in Ghana | Former UK Borough Mayor Joins the Discussion

I am delighted that this subject is now in the public domain and being openly discussed. For years I have been advocating that this subject, though a taboo in Ghana should be debated in the open.

I urged our intellectuals, students, professionals and politicians to openly talk about it but to no avail. I was in Ghana nearly two years ago when President Mahama nominated Ms Lithur as Minister for Gender etc. I was stunned, angry and sad when the Ghana Students Union went on a demonstration against her nomination. Their reason? She would encourage homosexuality and lesbianism in Ghana.

I found it neantherdal, reactionary and incredibly stupid that a student organisation that was supposed to be modern and open- minded would stoop to this. Yes we openly and unashamedly embrace foreign cultures and practices.

We are proud to jettison our Ghanaian names for foreign ones. We are proud to even pronounce our names the way white folks pronounce them. We are proud to be Christians and Muslim – these are NOT natural to us as Ghanaians.

Homosexuality and lesbianism are natural to all cultures – European, African, Asian. We have no right to demonise people who exercise their natural right to choose a partner of the same sex. Equal rights for all.

From: Kofi Bakor-Appiah/UK

Former Mayor of London Borough of Tower Hamlets and former member of the Parole Board for England and Wales…

Editor’s note:

Dear former Mayor, I am shocked that the behaviour of these particular Ghanaian students amazed you—not because it is not shocking, but because you should have long known that most Ghanaians (including students) have refused to be intelligent, acquire knowledge though have been to school, are hypocrites and have failed to reason…

‘Gayism’ like any other thing (new or old) must be opened for discussion—just as in the UK today, Britain leaving or staying in the EU has become a discourse on its own.

But the problem of a greater number of Ghanaians is the fact that, they are ignorant and have assumed dogmatic positions on issues, not influenced by knowledge but by ignorance.

Therefore, they cannot place any substantive arguments to support their positions or discredit the positions of others. Except to insult those engaging in a discourse and call them all manner of names. And they end it all by, you will go to HELL.

When people refuse to be educated (not a matter of having a P.hd because I know where you can easily buy one from), they are left in a state like most Ghanaians are now…

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