Episode 008: LGBT & Africa with Yaz & El
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Episode 008 is a special recording of the, with my guests Yassine Senghor and El Issie Ebengho, we delve into LGBT Rights, following the closure of the only LGBT centre in Accra, Ghana.
Ghana’s government has said it will not allow a major gathering of LGBT activists to go ahead after an outcry from conservative Christian groups in the country.
This was Ghana's first LGBT community centre, which opened in February, however, three weeks after the opening, it had to be temporarily closed in order to protect its staff and visitors
The centre had caused an outcry from conservative Christian groups, politicians and anti-gay rights organisations, who called for the government to close the centre.
A number of celebrities such as Idris Elba, Michaela Coel and supermodel Naomi Campbell joined forces with other influential names in fashion, film and media to express their solidarity with the LGBTQ "family" in an open letter tagged #GhanaSupportsEquality urging Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo to work with LGBT community leaders after security forces raided and shut down the centre.
In light of this, I had a conversation with Yassine Senghor, Founder of Confronting Change and El Issie Ebengho, host of It's a BAME's Life Podcast.
We hope you enjoy the episode.
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