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Region

  • Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
  • Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
  • Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, surgery not required
  • Adoption
    ✔ Legal
  • Discrimination
    Illegal in some contexts
  • Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
  • Employment Discrimination
    Ambiguous
  • Military
    ✔ Legal
  • Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
  • Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
  • Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned

History

Homosexual activity in Volta

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Current status
Legal
Independent region.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Same-sex marriage in Volta

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Current status
Unrecognized
Not criminalized in Ghana.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Right to change legal gender in Volta

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Current status
Legal, surgery not required
In is in the constitution.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Same-sex adoption in Volta

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Current status
Legal
As part of Togoland.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT discrimination in Volta

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Current status
Illegal in some contexts
state employment only.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT housing discrimination in Volta

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Current status
No protections
None exist.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT employment discrimination in Volta

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Current status
Ambiguous
Only in state employment.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Homosexuals serving openly in military in Volta

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Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Equal age of consent in Volta

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Current status
Equal
Set age of consent in Ghana.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Blood donations by MSMs in Volta

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Current status
Legal
In all of Africa.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Conversion therapy in Volta

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Current status
Not banned
Not outlawed in Ghana or Togoland.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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