Yet, on 29 June 2021, The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 was introduced in parliament. It aims to promote "proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values, and proscribe the promotion of and advocacy for LGBTQ+ practice". Being gay in Africa can pose culturally specific problems which the dominant, heterosexual culture may find hard to accept. A moderate communitarian solutionMy view is that the rights of homosexuals can be better protected by an African moral theory than by the standard constitutional safeguards. The African moral theory that can achieve this is the Ghanaian philosopher Kwame Gyekye's "moderate communitarianism."

Source: The North Africa Journal June 27, 2022 07:52 UTC