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2022 turned out to be a major year for the advancement of LGBT rights with huge developments in every corner of the world. To celebrate this progress and highlight some …
2022 in worldwide LGBT rights progress – Part 2: Latin America and Caribbean Read More
During 2022, the world witnessed slow progress toward full recognition of the human rights of LGBTQ people, though many nations remain obstinate in their homophobic belief that all queer people …
Tally of nations with anti-gay laws drops to 68 Read More
After back-to-back victories in court challenges to buggery laws in Antigua and Barbuda and St. Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad-based international journalist Mark Wilson wonders why it is that attitudes toward …
Jamaica: homophobia’s last stand Read More
More good news for LGBTQ rights could be on the way in the Caribbean, following the summer’s two legal victories that overturned anti-gay laws — in July in Antigua and …
Courts are the key to expanding LGBTQ rights in the Caribbean Read More
This updated version of our Sept. 21, 2022, article about Commonwealth nations corrects the old version’s overlooked and outdated information about Gambia, Mauritius and Togo (in the Commonwealth) and Nauru …
CORRECTION: 34 Commonwealth nations still have laws against gay sex Read More
The current Lambeth conference of global Anglican bishops has been rocked with divisions over the issue of same-sex marriage. In contrast, the primates (heads) of the global Anglican Communion declared …
Dominican Anglican church goes rogue on gay rights Read More
The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ruled today that anti-homosexuality sections of Antigua’s Sexual Offences Act are unconstitutional. The decision to overturn that law reduces to 70 the number of nations …
Caribbean court overturns Antigua buggery law Read More
2021 has been a year of slight progress in the fight against anti-LGBTQ laws, with many nations fiercely resisting any acknowledgement that their LGBTQ citizens deserve the same rights as …
2021 in review: A little progress against anti-LGBTQ laws, lots of resistance Read More
A constitutional challenge against Antigua and Barbuda’s law criminalizing buggery has been filed as part of the defense of two men accused of sexually assaulting a woman. The allegations have …
Challenge to Antigua buggery law comes from unlikely source Read More
U.S. ambassadors are promoting LGBTQ rights worldwide even as gay-rights activists blast the Trump administration for anti-LGBTQ domestic policies.
U.S. ambassadors seek repeal of 69 nations’ anti-gay laws Read More
Caribbean activists seeking justice for LGBTQI people are preparing a wave of lawsuits challenging the buggery and indecency laws in Barbados, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada and …
Lawsuits target 5 Caribbean nations’ anti-gay laws Read More
In a world where 400 million LGBTQI people are in legal jeopardy, Canada’s refugee screening system needs reform so it will stop its unfair, dehumanizing suspicions of them, says Jamaican-Canadian …
‘400 million LGBT people in jeopardy worldwide’ Read More
Seven English-speaking island nations in the Caribbean cling to their homophobic past, creating misery for their LGBT citizens.
English-speaking Caribbean lags its neighbors on LGBT rights Read More
A court hearing tomorrow in Trinidad could set the stage for overturning anti-LGBT laws in Caribbean countries.
Trinidad suit could help undo Caribbean anti-gay laws Read More
Eight transgender activists from the Bahamas, Haiti, Jamaica, Guyana and Antigua have formed a new Caribbean advocacy initiative, the Transgender Caucus Group.
Caribbean trans activists form advocacy group Read More
Canada has a crucial role to play in the effort to assure full recognition of the human rights of LGBTQI people, in particular for LGBTQI refugees, Jamaican-Canadian activist attorney Maurice …
Here's why LGBTQI refugees need Canada's continued support Read More