- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- 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 illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Since Feb 29, 2024
Same-sex marriage in Ghana is not legal.
Since Jan 12, 1960
Right to change legal gender in Ghana is illegal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Ghana is not legally recognized.
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.