- Homosexuality⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Marriage⚭✖ Not legal
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Adoption✖ Step-child adoption only
- Discrimination✖ No protections
- Employment DiscriminationAmbiguous
- Housing Discrimination✖ No protections
- Military✔ Legal
- Donating Blood✔ Legal
- Age of Consent✔ Equal
- Conversion Therapy✖ Not banned
Public Opinion
"Should Society Accept Homosexuality?"
Ghana ranks #36 out of 39 countries surveyed. (Source: Pew Research Center, June 4, 2013)
(96%) No
Yes (3%)
History
Current status
(since Jan 12, 1960)
(since Jan 12, 1960)
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
If the person is of 16 years or older and has consent, imprisonment not exceeding 3 years. If the person does not have consent, from 5 to 25 years.
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Surgery not required but provided. Missing non binary options on documents.
Current status
Step-child adoption only
only exception there. Missing laws for joint adoption. As well as single adoption.
Illegal in some contexts
Homosexuality is illegal. As well physical and violent homophobic attacks against LGBT people are common, often encouraged by the media and religious and political leaders. Reports of young gay people being kicked out of their homes are also common. Discrimination in state employment only.
Current status
(since Jan 12, 1960)
(since Jan 12, 1960)
No protections
As homosexuality is illegal, there are no legal protections
Current status
(since Apr 1, 2018)
(since Apr 1, 2018)
Ambiguous
Only in state employment only.
Current status
(since Apr 1, 2018)
(since Apr 1, 2018)
No protections
No protections involving sexual orientation or gender identity.
Current status
Legal
According to the National Ghana Blood Service.
Current status
Not banned
up to 400 people have been treated for homosexuality. on August 27, 2018.
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