Fat Joe says critics of Dave Chappelle need to move on. The Bronx legend, who is a close friend of the Emmy-winning comedian, was stopped by TMZ while wandering New York and asked to share his thoughts on Chapelle’s relationship with the LGBTQ+ community, with Joe saying the queer community loves the 48-year-old comedian. “They love him,” Joe said. …
Bill Maher touched one of society’s third rails tonight on his HBO show Real Time, taking on the rise of the LGBTQ community in his “New Rules” editorial at the end of the show. Noting that polls have documented an exponential increase in those who claim LGBTQ status, he asked whether people should be allowed to ask, “What’s up …
• Captain Smart says President Akufo-Addo wants to legalise LGBTQ+ activities in Ghana • He says, some lobbyists have given the country money • He challenged the gov’t to issue a statement to debunk his claims Blessed Godsbrain Smart, a. k. a. Captain Smart, the host of ‘Onua Maakye’ programme on Onua FM, has alleged that President Nana Addo Dankwa …
• Ghana’s current and immediate past Speakers of Parliament have spoken about gay rights • The two, lawyers and former lawmakers, do not agree that gay rights are human rights • Parliament is set to debate an anti-LGBTQ+ bill later this month The debate on an anti-LGBTQ+ Bill continues to rage as proponents and opponents continue heated exchanges to …
Seasoned journalist, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has slammed Ghanaians who are against homosexuals on the basis that they cannot procreate. There is currently a debate on whether or not a bill to outlaw Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) acts should be passed into law as some scholars, lawyers and Professors have vehemently kicked against the anti-homosexual bill arguing it violates …
• The National Chief Imam supports the anti-LGBTQ+ bill before Parliament • He has hailed Speaker of Parliament for his support for the bill • Parliament is scheduled to debate the controversial bill this month The National Chief Imam, Skeikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, supports the bill before Parliament seeking to extensively criminalize the activities of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, …
Charles Owusu, former Head of Monitoring Unit of the Forestry Commission, says voting on the anti-LGBTQ+ bill in Parliament should be made public to all Ghanaians. Charles Owusu was alarmed at some scholars and lawyers who have risen against the bill. A bill currently before parliament which seeks to criminalize lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders and queers (LGBTQ+) and people who …
• Akoto Ampaw describes as ‘undemocratic’ the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill • He posits that the bill is a violation of key fundamental human freedoms • He maintains that most persons in support of the bill are yet to read it Private legal practitioner Akoto Ampaw has indicated that most Ghanaians who support the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill do not have full details of …
• Sam Nartey George says his group will prevail with the anti-LGBTQ+ bill • He said, their argument is superior to the opposition • Some fifteen renowned individuals have sent a memorandum to Parliament to thrash the anti-LGBTQ bill Samuel Nartey George, MP-Ningo Prampram, has indicated that, those who are for the anti-LGBTQ+ bill outnumber those who oppose it. According to him, their argument …
• The French Ambassador to Ghana is under fire for meeting an anti-LGBTQ+ MP • The Ambassador hosted MP Sam Nartey George on a TV program, ‘Touch of France’ • But pro-LGBTQ+ activists are unhappy she platformed a homophobe The French ambassador to Ghana, Anne Sophie Ave, has come under harsh critique from Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, LGBTQ+ advocates after …
