‘You Should Be In Prison’: Ghana MP on Gay People and Allies | BBC News | Reupload

Aug 14, 2026 | In May, Ghana’s parliament approved a new bill criminalising homosexuality and the promotion of LGBTQ+ activities. It proposes that identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer be punished by up to three years' imprisonment. One of the bill’s co-authors, Emmanuel Bedzrah, spoke to the BBC’s religion editor Aleem Maqbool about it.

How benighted the government of Ghana is! Ignorant and benighted. — © Mark Alexander