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August 01, 2022

When Fear Becomes Policy

Important

If you Feel threatened or need help as a gay person in Ghana . Organisations to contact 1. Youth Alliance for Equality Foundation (YAEF Ghana) — particularly relevant for someone facing an immediate safety threat. Its Emergency Support System (ESS) provides legal assistance, psychosocial support, medical assistance, and temporary relocation or shelter for queer young people facing violence or threats. Emergency contact: +233 544 259 466 Email: info.ess@yaefghana.org 2. Ghana Foundation for Human Rights and Dignity (GFHRD) — says it provides emergency support, safe relocation, legal assistance, psychological support and shelter-related assistance for LGBTQ+ people facing threats or unsafe living conditions. Phone: +233 205 343 278 Email: info@ghfoundationforhumanrights.com 3. Solace Initiative — an established Ghanaian LGBTQ+ rights organisation providing community support, paralegal assistance, psychosocial counselling and referrals. It also describes its work as creating safe spaces for sexual minorities. Phone: +233 30 273 6714 / +233 20 747 7530 Email: info@solaceinitiative.org 4. Courageous Sisters Ghana — focuses particularly on lesbian, bisexual, queer, transgender and gender-nonconforming people and provides community support and advocacy. 2. Rightify Ghana — a Ghanaian LGBTQI+ human-rights organisation involved in advocacy, human-rights education, counselling, mentoring and community support. 3. Why Not Rights — a human-rights organisation in Accra that says it supports people whose rights have been violated and can refer people to lawyers, clinicians and safe accommodation.