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Ghanaian American author with Soho Press in NYC, amateur film critic, horse-lover, equestrian

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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
If you’re able, get this book. It will open your eyes to things you never knew about homosexuality in Africa
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Kwei Quartey
6 months
For those who say there aren’t homosexual-related terms in African languages, here are just a few. If you’re not a linguist, stop saying things you do not know:
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
What about Sweden? Canada? Australia? Mauritius? Botswana? All relatively low crime rates and gay friendly. Of all the things I cannot stand, it’s LIARS like this man @samgeorgegh . He is a dishonest, lying, arrogant, vicious, hateful hate-monger.
@RightifyGhana
Rightify Ghana
6 months
Sam George, the main sponsor of Ghana's recently passed anti-LGBTQ Bill, has alleged that South Africa has the highest crime rate in Africa due to embracing homosexuality. This bigoted statement lacks any basis in fact or evidence, echoing his other hateful arguments against...
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
“Boy-Wives and Female Husbands” If you’re looking for this book, you can download it here
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
To the people who say homosexuality didn’t exist before the whites came to Africa, PROVE IT. Were you around in the 14th or 15th century? Do you have a documented evidence from that period? Show it to us, we’re waiting.
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Kwei Quartey
6 months
@Sigmund20979490 Which points to the fact that we Africans don’t take enough charge of our own history. So, instead of studying this ourselves and OWNING it, we blithely hide our heads in the sand. “Nothing to see here!”
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
Today, I am again issuing a challenge to my fellow Ghanaians and Africans in general: Name four African/Ghanaian “values” that are threatened by LGBTQ people, and give your reasons why. I’ve done this before and didn’t get a single response. So, I’m waiting.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
8 months
Ghana parliament gives up on passing anti-LGBTQ bill this year. Massive defeat for the homophobes of Ghana. Imagine: only 6 of the 25 clauses have been discussed and even some parts of the six are still settled. This bill may end up going nowhere.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
Here is Ugandan First Lady @JanetMuseveni standing shoulder to shoulder with Sharon Slater who runs Family Watch International, a far-right American anti-LGBTQ organization.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
@DavidAkinsanya He’s right!
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
7 months
"Weigh The Risk Carefully Before Travelling To Ghana" – Canada Govt Warns Canadian LGBTQI  This also applies to Americans. If the law passes, I may never myself return to Ghana. It’s not the Ghana I once knew.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
Yesterday, Ghana took a massive step backward in human rights, enacting an anti-LGBTQ bill that not only violates basic human dignity but also directly contradicts the principles of the 1992 Constitution.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
5 months
@MBawumia Still doesn’t mean you or anyone else can deny others their human right to live in peace and free of Persecution
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
When I put out a challenge for a list of African values in the context of LGBTQ, I got only one response, but it wasn’t what I was looking for.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
@lusembo2000 Yes! It’s probably the only book of its kind and quality! I can look into whether if I buy an online copy I can share it. I think also I might be able to share it if I borrow a digital copy from the library, which would be accessible for a couple of weeks at a time.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
Again, people, show me the evidence that homosexuality did not exist before the white man. I’m still waiting for the proof but no one has got back to me. This cave painting from Zimbabwe showing two half-naked men kissing is around 2000 years old
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
1 year
GLOBAL ACTION AGAINST INJUSTICE AND DISCRIMINATION TOWARD THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY IN UGANDA - Sign the Petition! via @Change
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
10 months
🌈✨ "Change is in the Air! 🇬🇭 Cardinal Peter Turkson calls for understanding, not criminalization of LGBTQ people.Let's support this wave of compassion and understanding! #EndGBVNow #ColouredVoices @samgeorgegh @TruthLgbtq
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
@PinkNews @instagram has become a tyrant. They are now capricious, arbitrary, unbelievably conservative, anti-LGBTQ, racist, and just pure wicked.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
Is there something so special about Africans that the WHOLE WORLD has had homosexuality in their history except Africa?
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
I have a question for all you anti-LGBTQ people. Do you believe in Jesus Christ?
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Kwei Quartey
6 months
@giorgialien African same-sex relationships were documented long before white people traveled to the continent.
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Kwei Quartey
6 months
@ymmayer @stick_ebony I still don’t understand what the hell they do all day
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
8 months
@TheGreatIsNate @Andrew_AM1 Wow, what a riveting scene! What movie is that from? I’d love to review it. I recognize the bald man from @HouseofCards although I don’t recall the actor’s name.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
Exactly. How can you hate your own people like this? And I’m not giving the US a pass, either! There are some very bad homophobic and misogynistic people in state governments in the US.
@CKyobutungi
Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi Muzukulu wa Bityo
6 months
So Ghana has decided to join the bandwagon of countries legislating hate against their own citizens 😡😡. The colonial project truly succeeded beyond the wildest dreams of whoever cooked it up. We are a continent ignorant of our roots, history, values. Sad day for Africa 😭😭😭
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Kwei Quartey
6 months
As they say in Ghana, don’t mind them. They are small-minded people not worth your time.
@ronnieagabajr
Ronald Agaba Jr.
6 months
In recent times, I've observed that certain individuals have exploited my vulnerability specifically, when I reached out for assistance with health concerns and candidly shared my mental struggles. They've attempted to belittle me, using my openness as a weapon. However, it's
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
1 year
@samgeorgegh The world doesn’t revolve around YOU, sir, which is what you seem to believe. You’re supposed to be uplifting the lives of your constituents, not DESTROYING them. You’re supposed to be in the service of ALL, not just heterosexuals. It baffles me that you can’t see this.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
1 year
@samgeorgegh You say “go deal with you [sic] HIV infection.” WHERE, sir? WHERE? People will be afraid to go for treatment of STIs because of fear of being stigmatized, and not just gay people! You’re making a terrible, horrible, cruel mistake. This isn’t about YOU and your beliefs. Lives are
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
2 years
@RightifyGhana People used to respect Ghana as being relatively advanced compared to its neighbors. Now the country is beginning to lose respect all over the world because of this proposed anti-gay bill. #LGBTQ
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
You know what they should criminalize in Ghana? PDPs. Public displays of peeing 🤣🤣
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
1 year
Isn’t it amazing how over the millennia of time people have used religion to justify persecuting and killing others? And the amazing thing is they can’t see what’s wrong with it!
@SteveKabuye5
Steven Kabuye (He/Him)
1 year
How can you come on a post which has a person who was almost murdered by homophobes and start quoting your Bible and praising the action. Is that what really your homophobic God teaches you? 🤷‍♂️ You heartless uneducated nicompoops.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
8 months
Uganda risks HIV upsurge due to harsh new Anti-Homosexuality Law For months, I’ve predicted this HIV surge. African leaders are a very stupid bunch.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
10 months
Join me in raising money for Rainbow Advocacy! via @givebutter This is totally brilliant, @SteveKabuye5 . It is a way to attack the problem not by being victims but by forcing positive change.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
Exactly. “Nothing to see here! Oh, look over there! We have a crisis of LGBTQ destroying society! I know, I know, you’re unemployed and have no potable water and rent is killing you, but never mind that—what about this terrible gay problem threatening your lives?”
@UjuAnya
Uju Anya
6 months
So glad Ghanaian politicians discovered how shitting on gays can solve all their country's problems like: - the worst economic crisis in decades - generational poverty - crippling national debt - theft and corruption - inflation - lack of basic sanitation - inadequate electricity
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
9 months
@RevJide @Matthew_Hodson Remember when it was called a plague and people thought you could catch it through the air?
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
1 year
So is anti-LGBTQ being imposed on Africans. Read up, my friend. American organizations like World Congress of Families, @FRCdc , @ACLJ , United In Purpose who are imposing THEIR hateful anti-LGBTQ ideology.
@NaabasaJames
Naabasa James
1 year
@job_matua @SteveKabuye5 Apparently, homosexuality is an ideological orientation and no longer a character deviation. It is financed, promoted and being imposed on black young people today just like it was in the sugarcane plantations of north America.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
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@RevJide Even funnier, the #TEN Commandments tell us: No Other #GODS No Misusing God's Name Keep the Sabbath Holy Honor Your Parents No #IDOLS , Murder, Adultery, Stealing, False Testimony, Coveting. Is homosexuality on the list? No. And yet #Adultery is rampant and not criminalized
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
Read it!
@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
“Boy-Wives and Female Husbands” If you’re looking for this book, you can download it here
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Kwei Quartey
9 months
@HEBobiwine Look at them grinning like a bunch of happy hounds.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
8 months
I saw your wound and it’s quite severe. I’m sorry you’re going through this. I’ll donate what I can.
@SteveKabuye5
Steven Kabuye (He/Him)
8 months
Morethan $6000 has been donated to help me out through this process of anguish, nightmares, trauma, and pain. Kindly help me donate to save my life. I'm happy and thankful to whoever has donated so far. Thank you for the love, support and solidarity.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
Now, here are 3 examples of what I was looking for in “African values:” 1. Respect for elders: Elders are held in high regard within African cultures. They are seen as repositories of wisdom and experience, and their guidance and advice are sought after and respected.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
What about other “imported western influences?” Coffee shops? Middle class Ghanaians LOVE those. Cars? Well, I needn’t say anything about that. Pizza? Where do you think that came from?
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
In general, people, if you don’t have direct knowledge or expertise in a topic, CHECK first that you have your facts. I do this all the time when I write my blogs or novels. Not what your Aunty Gifty told you or your neighbor or coworker. Get the facts!
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
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@CKyobutungi @ronnieagabajr @SilvaTumushime @BenP112233 @SCKagaba @SteveKabuye5 @DoreenNyanjura @dianagenius_ @OfficalYoungceo @TruthLgbtq @CityLawyer01 And what about gay parents with straight children? How does that happen if homosexuality is so contagious? Do people think things through at all?
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
1 year
GLOBAL ACTION AGAINST INJUSTICE AND DISCRIMINATION TOWARD THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY IN UGANDA - Sign the Petition! via @Change
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@DDhellali Oh man that’s some good comedy!!🤣🤣
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
Oh yes! I forgot about that! Thanks for reminding me. And when the kids come home, they get requests they should bring Western clothes, shoes, watches, phones, computers…
@LadySenmuk
Lady Senmuk
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@QuarteyKwei @SteveKabuye5 Also their children go and study there were there's western culture
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Kwei Quartey
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@ayosogunro @rainbow_dandy Hahahaha. No more banditry or terrorism in Nigeria because LGBTQ was banned? That’s a good one 🤣🤣🤣🤣read this report from just two months ago
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
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@SteveKabuye5 @AGYHRD1 @TruthLgbtq @ronnieagabajr @OfficalYoungceo Thanks, Steven. Of course, we do not want this to pass, but everyone should be as courageous as you to face their mortality. This shows you are brave in all aspects. I don’t know that I could be quite as courageous.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
1 year
@SteveKabuye5 @TruthLgbtq @OfficalYoungceo @ronnieagabajr Be well my sweet brother. This is a lot of pressure to be under, all because of the #cruel Ugandan President @KagutaMuseveni . So we will support you all the way. I am initiating a global petition against #Ugandan #politicians and will inform you about it soon.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
Everyone repost this!!!!!
@hillarytaylorvi
justice hunter 🇺🇬🇺🇸
6 months
frank mugisha ~ “the homophobia & transphobia we’re seeing in uganda is from the west & mostly peddled by extreme american evangelicals.” today marks 286 days since uganda’s autocrat, museveni, signed the anti-homosexuality act 2023. #repealaha2023 🇺🇬🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #standup4humanrights
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
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@SteveKabuye5 Out today! Review copies of the next Emma Djan novel, THE WHITEWASHED TOMBS! Emma goes undercover to find out who murdered Marcelo Tetteh, a young gay activist in Accra. Final publication date is 3 Sept 2024
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
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@CKyobutungi @ronnieagabajr @SilvaTumushime @BenP112233 @SCKagaba @SteveKabuye5 @DoreenNyanjura @dianagenius_ @OfficalYoungceo @TruthLgbtq @CityLawyer01 If homosexuality is contagious, then heterosexuality must be too. In other words, as a gay man I should have “caught” heterosexuality a long time ago from my straight brothers, parents, friends, colleagues etc. It hasn’t happened yet in decades of life.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
10 months
Check out my blog post: a Special Thanksgiving Two-Feature Film Review
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
4 months
Yes! But they won’t listen to sense. Blinded by ignorance and prejudice.
@SteveKabuye5
Steven Kabuye (He/Him)
4 months
Homosexual behavior has been found in over 1,500 species. Homophobia is found in only one.
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Kwei Quartey
6 months
This is what politicians do. When things are bad, they create a diversion and make it seem like an urgent problem when it’s not. Give me ONE example where same-sex relations I Ghana has caused harm.
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Nungua Burnaboy
6 months
@JoyNewsOnTV So among all the problems the country is facing, it’s the sexual choices of the citizens that our leaders are concerned about?. Korle Bu renal dialysis Unit is closed done because of 4 million cedis but this is what our leaders think must be done?. Herr Bibinii smh 🤦‍♂️
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
1 year
@samgeorgegh You are a heartless, cruel person who should be ashamed of yourself.
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Kwei Quartey
6 months
Maybe drumming and dancing? 🤔 I bet you a gay boy can dance “agbadza” better than all of you put together 🤣🤣
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
9 months
Look at them in their ridiculous, expensive, gold-embroidered robes and absurd miters. They think that clothing makes them holy. Meanwhile, they peddle hatred in the name of religion. Shame, shame, shame.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
4 months
what a great honor! Congratulations.
@SteveKabuye5
Steven Kabuye (He/Him)
4 months
Me and one of the 100 most influential individuals in the world 2024 @frankmugisha #Time100
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@QuarteyKwei
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9 months
@ActivismGhana For sure, they will not get to it before the end of the year. Now you see how irrelevant the bill is compared to urgent issues like the budget. While your people are struggling with poverty, you want to waste time on a bill that will not make things any better for them.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
Well said. Thank you! I also have a letter to President Akufo-Addo that I will publish soon.
@ronnieagabajr
Ronald Agaba Jr.
6 months
President Nana Akufo-Addo Office of the President Jubilee House Accra, Ghana Urgent Appeal to Choose Love Over Hate and Reject the Anti-LGBT+ Bill Your Excellency President Nana Akufo-Addo, I hope this letter finds you in good health and high spirits. As a concerned African
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
4 months
👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾Great pic
@SteveKabuye5
Steven Kabuye (He/Him)
4 months
Thank you @QuarteyKwei for the nice book. The US Postal Services delivered it well.
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Kwei Quartey
6 months
That’s a great graphic
@SteveKabuye5
Steven Kabuye (He/Him)
6 months
With discrimination comes hate laws: laws that criminalize certain people who are grouped into categories that portray them as inferior or minorities, yet they are also human. These laws dictate how they should behave, live, work, and eat. These laws have done a lot to hinder
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Kwei Quartey
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And secondly, do you know where these Members of Parliament who decry “Western culture” go when they have a serious illness? To UK, Germany, USA, and other similar places abroad. Last time I checked, those are western countries.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
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@curved_ai No, are you serious??! What happened?
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Kwei Quartey
6 months
It has low crime rates and high standards of living. It has decriminalized same-sex relationships and worked to make them COMPATIBLE WITH THEIR STRONG CULTURAL VALUES. What is Ghana doing? Trying to persecute gay people. Priorities all wrong.
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
It disturbs me that with the jumping up and down screaming about African culture and values related to LGBTQ, no one has come forward with a satisfactory answer to my question. “What are some African cultural or family values?”
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
8 months
@DocumentWomen @curved_ai Not to mention black peope
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
10 months
🚨 Urgent Call to Action 🚨 @samgeorgegh & MPs in Ghana are pushing anti-LGBTQ+ laws, threatening basic human rights. 🏳️‍🌈 Violence is escalating. We can't stay silent! This FB video [*graphic*]demonstrates violence perpetrated against a gay man in #Ghana
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
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@MBawumia People, you have a right to your beliefs, but you can’t use those beliefs to harm or kill people whom you dislike or disapprove of. That is barbarism. Are you a barbarian?
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
8 months
@LGBTQ_Confesses Oh you mean like Martin Luther King Day parades are creating more racism, and Women’s marches are creating more misogyny, and St Patrick’s Day parades are creating more anti-Irish sentiment? 😁
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Kwei Quartey
6 months
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
2 years
@GhanaParliament historians’ studies show that homosexuality was present in Africa centuries before the colonizers invaded, INCLUDING GHANA. Check this article out #LGBTQ #HumanRights Thank you to @ActivismGhana
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
9 months
Turkson was highly conservative for a long time, so this was a pleasant surprise. He’s talking sense, but those who are full of hatred and fear of their own #gay tendencies are determined to criminalize LGBTQ.
@SteveKabuye5
Steven Kabuye (He/Him)
9 months
Homosexuality should not be a criminal offence and people should be helped to understand the issue better, a Ghanaian cardinal has told the BBC. Cardinal Turkson's comments come as parliament discusses a bill imposing harsh penalties on LGBT people. 🔗
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@QuarteyKwei
Kwei Quartey
6 months
INFLATION RATE AND GDP: Ghana v Singapore In the 1960s, Ghana and Singapore were about the same level of development. Ghana is rich in natural resources; Singapore is not, but it is now one of the most developed countries in the world.
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Oh wow!!!! Thanks soooooo much, I had no idea it was available like that. Everyone take advantage of this!!
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@QuarteyKwei An online copy:
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Kwei Quartey
9 months
@RevJide @Matthew_Hodson I think a lot of people don’t realize how far HIV treatment has come. The tragedy is that with all these draconian laws against LGBTQ all over Africa, many of these simple treatments will be denied to many HIV, positive persons, whether gay or straight.
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