Panel will focus on anti-LGBT laws in the Caribbean
When the Britsh Empire collapsed, it left behind colonial laws against same-sex activity that are still in effect to this day in many Caribbean islands, as well as in Africa.
Rose-Marie Belle Antoine of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will discuss the consequences of those laws during a panel discussion on Oct. 11 on “Stigma and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Commonwealth Caribbean.”
The panel discussion will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the University of the West Indies in Barbados.
The following countries in and on the Caribbean have anti-homosexuality laws:
Antigua & Barbuda
Barbados
Belize
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
St Kitts & Nevis
St Lucia
St Vincent & the Grenadines
Trinidad & Tobago
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