Barbados case challenges anti-trans bias in workplace
A trans activist in Barbados has challenged her employer’s decision to terminate her for changing her name to…
Rainbow Caribbean site focuses on LGBTQ rights
Caribbean LGBTQ rights activists announce Rainbow Caribbean, a Facebook page devoted to news articles, videos, features and commentaries…
Barbados school won’t let trans girl wear girls’ uniform
To attend school, a 14-year-old trans girl in Barbados must wear the uniform designed for schoolboys, her private…
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…
We need to do better: Barbados Pride for me as a trans woman
Trans rights activist Alexa Hoffman recalls her work helping to organize Barbados Pride in previous years and now…
Anti-gay laws ‘damage human rights and health of all Barbadians’
The harsh anti-buggery laws of Barbados contribute to homophobic stigma that discourages LGBT people from getting health care…
Launching an Inter-American challenge to Barbados anti-LGBT laws
Three LGBT Barbadians are seeking help from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in overturning the country’s anti-LGBT…
Barbados Pride combats nation's anti-LGBT hatred
Last weekend’s Barbados Pride was a time for LGBT Barbadians to join together to reject imported anti-LGBT religious…
Barbados training: Police learn about LGBTI community
In the Caribbean, 16 officers from the Royal Barbados Police Force took part in sensitivity training sessions aimed…