Lady Phyll rejects Ghana’s attacks on LGBT+ community: ‘It is un-African to treat people with hate’

British political activist and co-founder of UK Black Pride, Phyllis ‘Lady Phyll’ Akua Opoku-Gyimah, denounced Ghana’s recent attacks against the LGBT+ community as “un-African”.

In a column for British Vogue, Lady Phyll said the recent closure of the new LGBT+ centre in Accra, Ghana “has broken my heart”. She said: “As a queer Black African woman who has worked hard alongside others to build spaces for people like us to feel free, safe and seen, I know all too well how difficult – arduous, even – it can be to create something so necessary and have it met with such vitriol.”

Ghanaian authorities have faced global condemnation after police forcibly closed the offices of LGBT+ Rights Ghana on 24 February, putting a spotlight on the oppression of the country’s queer community.

There are no laws protecting LGBT+ individuals from discrimination in Ghana, and gay sex is illegal.

A few days ago, celebrities condemned the Ghanaian government and expressed support for the LGBTI+ community there. An open letter signed by a total of 67 celebrities, politicians and other influential people condemned the attack on the LGBTI + community in Ghana.

Source: PinkNews