Queer people or GLBT people in Ghana mostly are expected to be united considered the high homophobic sentiments due to the influence of Christianity and Islam in the country.
Since queer people mostly suffer in the hands of Ghanaians, at least, the community members should be accommodating but it’s the otherwise unfortunately.
Gender is very different from sex, as most queer people may have the male organ in physique but feel more woman within and thus, identify as a woman likewise a queer person could have female sex organ but be male within and thus, feel more manly.
These genders should be respected by queer people and use the appropriate pronouns for a queer person who identifies his/her self as a particular gender. We have those that feel neither male nor female and that also needs to be respected and not to be criticised.
How do you expect people to treat you if you don’t treat your own community members with the respect they deserve void of discrimination? Charity they say begins at home so it begins with you.
When you meet a queer person, don’t be in rush to conclude “bro, how are you?” Just because you assume the person is physically male or “sister, how are you?” just because the person is physically female
Always use pronouns that are not gender sensitive in your first conversations such as they, you, dear, friend, charlie etc.
Then later, you ask the person, “which pronouns are you comfortable with?” Do not always conclude but be always polite by adhering to these simple rules so as not to add insults to injuries. The scambusters team is well aware that some queer people especially those who are more boyish insult “effeminates” or “male acting as females” for accepting that are female within.
Now, this action by queer males should not be tolerated and it’s best for discrimination to end within the queer community in Ghana since that could foster unity because as the saying goes, “if a house is divided among itself, how does one expect the house to stand and why won’t outsiders attack that house?
Also, a final message to all queer males are, never and ever try to bully the effeminates because you cannot add more insults to the injury. If the bisexuals who are mostly straight to society do not discriminate among the effeminates, how much more you who is fully queer except your advantage is, you are “straight acting.”
Remember, you attract what you do to others so if you hate your own people, others would also hate you and harm you and nature would surely preserve those you hate.
Also, it is bad to discriminate among hermaphrodites. Let’s learn to live in love and in unity.
Thank you!
The Scambusters team GH
