There is no “agenda or movement” to push LGBTQ in Ghana, Ghanaian-Romanian singer Deborah Owusu-Bonsu, alias Deborah Vanessa or Sister Derby, has said.

Rather, she argued the popular notion was “a massive wave of misinformation that leaders are using to deceive people”.

“They know the masses are not educated, they are not going to look into it, they are not going to ask questions,” she added.

The Kakalika Love hitmaker spoke to Zeal Nana Kweku Bliss on Class Xtra on Class 91.3 FM, Saturday, November 9, 2024.

Sister Derby said the Ghanaian “people, including the presidential candidates” for the upcoming December 7 elections, were ignorant of the true meaning of LGBTQ.

“They are just letters from the English alphabet representing certain types of people,” she explained.

These “types of people,” were known among the indigenous people of the Gold Coast, now called Ghana, long before Europeans came to West Africa, and the British colonised the Gold Coast, the singer-songwriter and activist doubled down.

“We had our own language and representation for such people,” she contended.

The Hiplife performer posited being “gay” or homosexual was natural.

“Nobody can come and force you to be what you’re not. No child has ever come out to say someone made them gay. It’s not possible. Nobody has ever reported that,” she said.

She cited effeminate boys, for instance, saying, “Nobody is recruiting anybody” to part of the LGBTQ community, contrary to public beliefs.

Sister Derby intimated for electoral advantage, politicians were inciting the public against homosexuals.

Ghana is at the verge of making being a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, and or being an activist for such, criminal with prison sentences, via the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill. Approved by Parliament, it is yet to receive presidential assent.

At the moment, however, the laws of Ghana are against “unnatural carnal knowledge,” which some interpret to mean LGBTQIA+ activities, while others argue it is but a vague terminology.

Hear Sister Derby's latest song, Manka, featuring Pappy Kojo, here.