Founder says community centre in Accra was closed pre-emptively to protect its staff

A community centre for LGBTQ+ people in Ghana has been closed, following a wave of protest against the rights of sexual minorities in the country.

In recent weeks government ministers and religious groups had demanded the closure of the centre, intended to be a safe space for LGBTQ+ people to meet and find support. Yet since the opening in January of the centre in the capital, Accra, many people have received death threats and online abuse.

Related: ‘Nowhere to go': the young LGBT+ Ugandans ‘outed’ during lockdown

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