{"id":104595,"date":"2019-10-31T14:25:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T18:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/anti-lgbtq-u-s-activists-organize-conference-in-ghana\/"},"modified":"2019-10-31T14:25:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T18:25:33","slug":"anti-lgbtq-u-s-activists-organize-conference-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/anti-lgbtq-u-s-activists-organize-conference-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-LGBTQ U.S. Activists Organize Conference in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anti-LGBTQ U.S. Activists Organize Conference in Ghana<\/b>
\n<\/p>\n

Post submitted by HRC Global Senior Manager Taylor N. T. Brown<\/em><\/p>\n

This week, the World Congress of Families will hold a regional conference<\/a> in Accra, Ghana, where U.S. anti-LGBTQ activists will advance their dangerous vision of the so-called \u201cnatural family.\u201d As a part of these efforts, the World Congress of Families plans to advocate for adoption of public policies supporting so-called \u201cconversion therapy\u201d and an understanding of LGBTQ people as \u201cdeviant,\u201d while attacking sex<\/a> education and women<\/a>\u2019s rights in Ghana. Through this work, the World Congress of Families continues its campaign to export hate<\/a> and thwart the work of local advocates to end violence and discrimation against LGBTQ people across West Africa.<\/p>\n

The <\/a>World Congress of Families<\/a> is an anti-LGBTQ organization based in the U.S. with strong ties to the religious right. The organization, designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group<\/a>, promotes a disturbing and radically distorted depiction of LGBTQ people. It has a long history of exporting its anti-LGBTQ narrative to many parts of Africa, often by framing LGBTQ people and the protection of their human rights as somehow foreign and un-African, a fundamentally inaccurate characterization.<\/p>\n

In 2015, HRC published a report <\/a>exposing the World Congress of Families past anti-LGBTQ efforts over the years. In Russia, the World Congress of Families pushed adoption of the so called \u201cGay Propaganda\u201d Law and promoted similar laws in Lithuania and other countries. Across Africa, the World Congress of Families enabled and promoted legislation to further criminalize LGBTQ people, including in Nigeria and Uganda.<\/p>\n

At this week\u2019s conference in Ghana, some of the World Congress of Families\u2019 most prominent U.S. figures will take the stage, including:<\/p>\n