Ghanaian anti-LGBTQ bill

Anti-LGBTQ bill in Ghana
Parliament of Ghana
  • Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill
Territorial extentGhana
Legislative history
Committee responsibleLegal and Parliamentary Affairs
First reading2 August 2021
Considered by the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs CommitteeMarch 2023
Second reading5 July 2023
Third reading28 February 2024
Summary
A bill to provide for human sexual rights and family values and for related matters
Status: Expired

The anti-LGBTQ bill in Ghana, formally the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, is a proposed law in Ghana that would introduce wide-ranging restrictions on LGBTQ rights. The bill was approved by the Parliament of Ghana on 28 February 2024 with bipartisan support and would only have come into effect if signed into law by then-President Nana Akufo-Addo, since succeeded as president by John Dramani Mahama. The bill lapsed with the dissolution of Ghana's parliament prior to the 2024 Ghanaian general election. In March 2025, a group of 10 MPs reintroduced it as a private member's bill, which must begin the parliamentary process again from the start; President Mahama said that while he supported the principle of the legislation, he would prefer it to be introduced as a government bill rather as a private member's bill.