LGBTQI is hormonal sickness and must be treated as such - Lawyer

A private legal practitioner, Lawyer Owusu Sae says Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) are a hormonal sickness and in order to achieve its eradication, it must be treated as such.

According to the lawyer, the high rate of Testosterone level in women and high rate of estrogen in men is the cause of men and women feeling they belong to their opposite-sex hence marrying their same-sex partners.

He is therefore calling for exclusive education on the negative impact of LGBTQI on the individual and the state at large.

Homosexuality is seen as a disease by many healthcare workers in central Europe whose job it is to help gay people, according to a new survey.

A recently-opened centre for the LGBTQI+ community in Ghana has been shut down after it was raided by security forces in the West African country Wednesday.

Alex Kofi Donkor, who heads the center named 'LGBT+ Rights Ghana' in the country's capital, Accra, told the media he is now concerned for his safety after the raid.

"I just contacted our lawyers, there is an unsafe situation right now, and I need to go offline," Donkor stressed.

The community center which was opened on January 31this year  in a ceremony attended by a delegation of the European Union and other foreign embassies faced opposition from the start and attracted a lot of anger among locals who called for it to be closed down.

Ghana proscribes same-sex relationships and intolerance and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people has remained rife among Ghana's population.

Being in a same-sex relationship in Ghana can attract between three to 25 years in prison, according to the country's penal code.

Ghana's minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa Sarfo, during her vetting on February 17 when asked her stance on social protection for non-heterosexual people said  Ghanaian laws against same-sex relationships are not up for debate.

"The issue of LGBT is an issue that when mentioned creates some controversy, but what I want to say is that our laws are clear on such practices. It makes it criminal...to have unnatural carnal knowledge with

another person," Sarfo stressed.

"On the issue of its criminality, it is non-negotiable, on the issue of cultural acceptance and norms, these practices are also frowned upon. For me, these are two distinct clarity on the matter and this is what I strongly stand for," she added.

Nana Ama Asiedu, Bono Regional Correspondent