- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- Ambiguous
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- Ambiguous
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Step-child adoption only
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Acceptance of Homosexuals as Neighbors
Question: "For each of the following types of people, please tell me whether you would like having people from this group as neighbours, dislike it, or not care: Homosexuals?"
Acceptance of Homosexuals as Neighbors
Question: "For each of the following types of people, please tell me whether you would like having people from this group as neighbours, dislike it, or not care: Homosexuals?"
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2013)
Question: "Should society accept homosexuality?"
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People
Question: "Is the city or area where you live a good place or not a good place for homosexuals?"
History
Homosexual activity in Ghana is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Since Jan 12, 1960
Same-sex marriage in Ghana is not legal.
Since Jan 12, 1960
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Ghana is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Ghana is ambiguous.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Ghana is unknown.
LGBT discrimination in Ghana is no protections.
Since Jan 1, 1992
Since Jan 12, 1960
LGBT employment discrimination in Ghana is ambiguous.
Since Apr 1, 2018
LGBT housing discrimination in Ghana is no protections.
Since Apr 1, 2018
Same-sex adoption in Ghana is step-child adoption only.
Serving openly in military in Ghana is legal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Ghana is legal.
Conversion therapy in Ghana is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Ghana is equal.
LGBT Rights by Region
View the LGBT laws in each individual region of Ghana.