Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in Liberia face legal and social challenges which others in the country do not experience.

LGBTQ people in Liberia encounter widespread discrimination, including harassment, death threats, and at times physical attacks.

Sections 14.74 and 14.79 of Liberia's penal code defines consensual same-sex sexual activity as "voluntary sodomy," a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison or a fine of up to L$1000, or both.

[3] In late 2011, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that the United Kingdom would suspend foreign aid to countries which persecuted LGBTQ people.

[5][3] A separate bill introduced by then-Senator Jewel Howard Taylor would have categorized same-sex marriage as a first-degree felony, with a maximum ten-year prison sentence.

[6] Activists affiliated with MODEGAL attempted to organize on the campus of the University of Liberia, but they were physically attacked, threatened with death, and forced to flee.

[3] When defending his proposal to recategorize same-sex sexual activity as a felony, Clarence Massaquoi claimed, "Homosexuality is not part of our existence as a people.

[3][5][6] The organization gained particular prominence when it gathered 100 000 signatures for a petition to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf supporting the existing ban and criminalization of same-sex sexual activity.

[3][5][6] The New Citizens Movement has employed religious messages in its opposition to LGBTQ rights, but it has emphasized issues specific to postwar Liberia.

Since-debunked reports emerged in the Liberian press in 2012 alleging that a nonexistent California-based organization had bribed lawmakers to legalize same-sex marriage.

[3] The New Citizens Movement has also argued that recognizing LGBTQ rights would fissure the nation in a way that could lead to another civil war in the country.

[3] In 1990, during the First Liberian Civil War, famed singer Tecumsay Roberts was murdered by high-ranking members of the Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL) after he was accused of being gay.