Ugandan MPs Lobby Ghana to Host Anti-LGBTQ Conference as Speaker Bagbin Urges Experience-Sharing

Описание: Ugandan MPs Lobby Ghana to Host Anti-LGBTQ Conference as Speaker Bagbin Urges Experience-Sharing on Anti-LGBTQ Legislation

During parliamentary proceedings on October 28, 2025, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, revealed that a delegation of Ugandan Members of Parliament had called on Ghana to host the next Interparliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty, a gathering widely criticized by human rights defenders as an anti-LGBTQ and anti-rights forum.

Speaker Bagbin urged Ghanaian MPs to engage with the visiting Ugandan delegation for “experience learning” on the passage and implementation of anti-LGBTQ legislation.

“Honourable members, I’m happy that our brothers from Uganda are here, because they are ahead of us already on this matter. And so, they will share with you their experiences too. They have already passed an Act [Anti-Homosexuality Act] on it. They are implementing it. They have hosted twice, two conferences on this subject matter. And they are calling on other countries — particularly Ghana — to host the next conference. And so, they will share their experiences with you and maybe convince you to host it for other countries to emulate the good examples that we are setting.”



The Interparliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty, which Bagbin referenced, has been linked to Family Watch International, a U.S.-based organization designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center for promoting anti-LGBTQ and anti-rights agendas globally. The conference, held previously in Uganda, has been credited by observers as contributing to the enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023, one of the harshest anti-LGBTQ laws in the world.

Human rights organizations and LGBTQ+ advocates have condemned the conference, describing it as a coordinated effort to export hate and criminalization across Africa, often targeting MPs, Speakers of Parliament, policymakers, and senior government officials with anti-LGBTQ propaganda under the guise of promoting “African family values.”

In his remarks, Bagbin also disclosed that he had been elected Chairperson of the 52 Africa Geopolitical Group within the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). He further stated that he serves as the President of the Conference of Speakers of African Parliaments, with Ugandan Speaker Anita Among as his Vice President and President of African Legislatures.

The Speaker’s comments come amid renewed debate over the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, commonly known as the anti-LGBTQ bill, which expired with the 8th Parliament and has been reintroduced in the 9th Parliament for consideration.