#GhanaGetsBetter: Ghana’s LGBTQ + community launches online campaign as police arrest 22 suspected lesbians

Members of the LGBTQI community deny supporters of dey change profile pictures of dema plus red in solidarity with the campaign.

The organizers of #GhanaGetsBetter say “red in color of which Ghanaian flag dey inside represents the blood of the wana ancestors who give us.”

“Red also symbolizes the color for Ghanaian solemnity, protest, mourning,” they explain in the campaign.

Ghana arrests 22 suspected lesbians for Kwahu Obomeng

Behind the countryside, Ghanaian police are arresting some 22 suspected lesbians for Kwahu Obomeng, in the eastern region, over allegations they have organized a gay / lesbian marriage.

22 suspects are in custody pending investigation of the case.

The video is circulating as police storm the grounds for the event, we start picking up suspects in the middle of some exchanges.

But the LGBTQ + community says claims that women are having a wedding are bogus, that attendees say they are under the birthday party.

LGBTQI support group African Equality Center in Response to Development says Ghanaian police are arresting 22 LGBTQ + people we are rounding up.

But Kwahu Obomeng den chief and elders say they are having a “ lesbian wedding, ” while attendees say it’s a “ birthday party. ”

Some people present at the arrest are making statements like dem go burn of lesbians dem arrest all.Ghana LGBTQ + Community is launching an online campaign on Twitter to lobby for recognition of the rights of community members.