Afenyo-Markin disowns viral anti-LGBTQ bill post after social media storm

Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has distanced himself from a social media post that sparked intense debate after it appeared to criticise the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025.

The post, which circulated widely on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, caught many social media users by surprise as it appeared to show the Minority Leader taking a position against the controversial legislation, popularly known as the anti-LGBTQ+ bill.

In the message, the account attributed to Afenyo-Markin appeared to argue that criminalising people based on their sexual orientation amounted to punishing individuals for who they are and whom they choose to associate with.

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“A law that imprisons people for their sexual orientation or who they choose to love does not protect society. It simply selects a group of human beings and makes their existence a crime,” the post read..

The post further suggested that such legislation risked crossing a boundary that lawmakers should not endorse.

“That is a line no Parliament in the civilised world should cross,” the post added.

The comments quickly gained traction online, generating widespread discussion and prompting questions about the Minority Leader's stance on a bill that remains one of the country's most polarising pieces of legislation.

As screenshots of the post continued to circulate, the publication was deleted and replaced with a brief disclaimer from Afenyo-Markin, who denied authoring the message.

“Kindly disregard this post. Account was compromised,” the message said.

The incident comes at a time when public attention remains firmly fixed on the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025, which was passed by Parliament on May 29, 2026 after lawmakers considered a number of proposed amendments.

The bill seeks to criminalise LGBTQ+ activities in Ghana while providing exemptions for legal practitioners, journalists, media organisations, and medical professionals acting within the scope of their professional duties.



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