Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Unrecognized
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, no restrictions
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    Unknown
    Discrimination
    ✖ Illegal in some contexts
    Employment Discrimination
    Ambiguous
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Second parent adoption only
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Upper West

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Homosexual activity in Upper West is legal.

Current status
Legal
Only criminalized in Ghana.
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Same-sex marriage in Upper West

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Same-sex marriage in Upper West is unrecognized.

Current status
Unrecognized
Nationwide.
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Upper West

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Upper West is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Upper West, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Upper West

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Right to change legal gender in Upper West is legal, no restrictions.

Current status
Legal, no restrictions
Nationwide.
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Gender-affirming care in Upper West

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Gender-affirming care in Upper West is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Upper West

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Upper West is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Upper West

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LGBT discrimination in Upper West is illegal in some contexts.

Current status
Illegal in some contexts
Only in state employment.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Upper West

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LGBT employment discrimination in Upper West is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Only in state employment.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Upper West

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LGBT housing discrimination in Upper West is no protections.

Current status
No protections
None exist.
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Same-sex adoption in Upper West

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Same-sex adoption in Upper West is second parent adoption only.

Current status
Second parent adoption only
from being an part of Ghana.
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Intersex infant surgery in Upper West

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Intersex infant surgery in Upper West is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Upper West

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Serving openly in military in Upper West is legal.

Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Upper West

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Blood donations by MSMs in Upper West is legal.

Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
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Conversion therapy in Upper West

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Conversion therapy in Upper West is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized.
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Equal age of consent in Upper West

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Equal age of consent in Upper West is equal.

Current status
Equal
Set age of consent.
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