Barbados: No jail time for violent attack on trans activist
The Barbados man who attacked trans activist Alexa Hoffman with a meat cleaver was ordered yesterday to pay…
On International Women’s Day: End daily ‘corrective rapes’
South Africa-native lesbian activist blogger Melanie Nathan appeals today for an end to the cruel and wrong-headed epidemic…
Barbados: A brush with death, a vigil for trans murder victims
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, Barbadian activist Alexa Hoffmann mourned the rising rate of trans murders and recalled…
My Barbados petition: ‘the difference between life and death’
Alexa Hoffmann, a heterosexual trans woman in Barbados, explains the importance of her petition to overturn the country’s…
Here’s why activists need international help vs. Barbados
Three LGBTQ Barbadians have filed a petition challenging laws in Barbados that outlaw “buggery” and other intimacy between…
Story with a moral: 2 gay tourists, 1 anti-gay merchant
Two gay tourists arrived on a cruise in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Aug. 19 and decided to explore the…
Barbados protests seek repeal of harsh buggery law
On Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 11:45 a.m., a small protest was staged outside the Parliament Buildings in Bridgetown,…