"Gay Pride" Parade In Ghana?
This is a the yearly parade of the University Hall Katanga during which students parade as women. One of the sexy-looking gays guys on the photo phoned GhanaWeb's office to inform that this parade is not a gay parade.
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/photo.day.php?ID=169348
Well this person Kedi Awadu thinks that they should!!!
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http://livinginblack.ning.com/Keidi Awadu "It must be made clear that these photos are part of a pageant wherein men imitate, even mock, women's behaviors in an indigenous African ritual. This is NOT about penis to mouth to anus behavior, which is at the heart of western sexual deviance. There are other African societies who similarly put on such annual events, including those where women mock and imitate men's excesses. Ghana still bans gatherings of queers and recent news stories have reinforced that the government and local populace will not tolerate the rise of a queer subculture (
http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/mm/luckie/rainbow.html).
I don't know if it was ever made clear that these photos were not about homosexuality. Homosexuality is still illegal and highly taboo in Ghana. Similarly, in Ghana one can see two men walking together holding hands. The presumption on the part of the locals is that they are two very close friends; maybe haven't seen each other for a long time; or are close family members. The thought of homosexual activity does not even equate in their minds.
Seen from this perspective that these males are mocking the excesses of women in their society, some of whom are being sexually provocative in their dress, these photos are hilarious and the images of these boys in drag probably brings howls of laughter in the community from those who see the westernization of young women's appearance as problematic.
Nuff respect to the people of Africa for rightly excluding homosexuality from their culture.
Under Ghanaian law, male homosexual activity is officially illegal. Gay men can also be punished under provisions concerning assault and rape, only if "in public or with minor".
Criminal Code 1960- Chapter 6, Sexual Offences Article 105:
Whoever is guilty of unnatural carnal knowledge— (a) of any person without his consent, is guilty of first degree felony; (b) of any person with his consent, or of any animal, is guilty of a misdemeanor."
Now Kedi Awadu Is The Same Person Who Is Supporting
"Matt Rothschild" Who Is A Progressive Reform Jew, Who Supports Same Sex Marriage!!! I'm Starting To See A Pattern Here!!! If Hes So Thorough In His Research Of People And Culture Then How Come He Didn't Know That Matt Rothschild Supported Same Sex Marriage?!?
"Matthew Rothschild grew up in a liberal Democratic family in Highland Park, Ill. His father was a Chicago attorney and served on the school board. His mother was active in local civil rights and fair-housing issues, while raising eight kids. "Biggest Jewish family this side of Haifa," Rothschild says with a broad smile."
"Same-Sex Ruling a Cause for Great Celebration
By Matthew Rothschild, May 16, 2008
May 15, 2008, will go down in the history books as a great day in the march for equality.
For on that day, the California Supreme Court recognized the constitutional right of same-sex marriage.
It overturned hoary old arguments about “tradition,” which often is the flimsiest mask for prejudice.
It was 250 years of tradition that kept blacks as slaves.
It was another century of tradition that was invoked to oppose interracial marriage.
It was thousands of years of tradition and religion that reduced women to inferior status."
"Matt Rothschild: 100 Years of The Progressive / African Progressive Voices: Where Do We Stand? - These two programs are aimed at dialogs that go beyond race specificity to challenge us as to how all progressive people should be working together to build equity, justice and peace in our world and our environment. And yes, Africans do have a strong voice for building society. (LIBCD2418)" (Note hit the link below and hit the first subject on that page:)
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