- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- 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
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Homosexual activity in Upper West is legal.
Current status
Legal
Only criminalized in Ghana.
Same-sex marriage in Upper West is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
Nationwide.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Upper West is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Upper West, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Upper West is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Nationwide.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Upper West is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Upper West is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Illegal in some contexts
Only in state employment.
LGBT employment discrimination in Upper West is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Only in state employment.
LGBT housing discrimination in Upper West is no protections.
Current status
No protections
None exist.
Same-sex adoption in Upper West is step-child adoption only.
Current status
Step-child adoption only
from being an part of Ghana.
Serving openly in military in Upper West is legal.
Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
Blood donations by MSMs in Upper West is legal.
Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
Conversion therapy in Upper West is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized.
Equal age of consent in Upper West is equal.
Current status
Equal
Set age of consent.
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