The Mental Health and Well Being of the Ghanaian LGBTI Community
CEPEHRG, Accra For immediate Release May 16, 2016 The Mental Health and Well Being of the Ghanaian LGBTI Community O n May 17th 1990, t he World Health Organization (WHO) published a revised version of the “International Classification of Diseases Manual ‘ , in which homosexuality was not considered a mental disease any longer. Therefore sexual and gender diversity is celebrated worldwide and annually on May 17th since 2004 as the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia ‘ (IDAHOT) . I n a statement, t he World Psychiatric Association ‘ (WPA) strongly condemned any attempt to conflate the diversity of sexual orientations and gender identities within t he Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex (LGBTI) community with a mental disorder. Despite all these and other declarations and statements, Dr. Akwasi Osei ( Chief Psychiatrist of Ghana and the Chief Executive of the Ghana Mental Health Authority ) has described homosexuals as persons