- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Male illegal, female legal
- 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
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Public Opinion
Surveys in Ghana have uncovered deeply ingrained homophobic attitudes, which may pose serious risks to LGBTQ+ community members.
History
Homosexual activity in Ghana is male illegal, female 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
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 single only.
Serving openly in military in Ghana is illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Ghana is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in Ghana is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Ghana is n/a.
LGBT Rights by Region
View the LGBT laws in each individual region of Ghana.