Under pressure: LGBTQ+ crackdown in Ghana and Senegal

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Ghana's revived anti-LGBTQ+ bill could see offenders jailed for up to three years, while Senegal now imposes sentences of up to ten years for same‑sex relations. What's driving this regional crackdown? Lucy Riley speaks with Angel Maxine—Ghana's first openly transgender musician—and her mother about what it means to raise a transgender child in a deeply conservative society.
19 Mar English Germany News

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