Mohammed is 27 years old and gay. However, he has yet to come out about his sexuality. Like many other LGBTQ+ Ghanaians, he fears going public. That’s because Ghana’s lawmakers passed a bill in February that gives a jail term of up to 3 years to anyone convicted of identifying as LGBTQ+, among other things. Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo is yet to sign the bill into law, as he awaits the outcome of two ongoing legal challenges to the proposed law at the country’s Supreme Court. But the proposed legislation is fueling homophobia and violence against those in the West African country’s LGBTQ+ community. “Life has actually changed for the worse for me personally,” Mohammed told DW. “The level of fear has increased, the level of isolation has increased.”