Ghana’s parliament on Wednesday approved a bill that will see people jailed simply for ‘identifying’ as LGBTQ+ or campaigning for queer rights. Being gay has been illegal in the West African nation since the 19th century in a law originating from colonial times. But lawmakers introduced the bill in 2021 to toughen the anti-LGBTQ+ laws already in the books. The legislation, known as the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghananian Family Values Bill 2021, is among the harshest anti-LGBTQ+ measures on the African continent, according to Amnesty International. If signed into law by President Nana Akufo-Addo, being LGBTQ+...