Belize appeals court affirms: Anti-gay law is dead
The appeals court of Belize yesterday added new shovelfuls of dirt on the grave of the country’s defunct…
Gay man challenges Dominica’s anti-LGBT laws
A newly filed lawsuit seeks to overturn Dominica’s anti-gay law, building on the global push for decriminalisation of…
Tally of nations with anti-gay laws drops to 73
Gay sex is much less widely criminalized than in the past. Back in 2006, 92 countries had anti-gay…
Belize turnaround on gay rights: ‘Unbelievable!’
Belize has vowed major improvements in the treatment of its LGBTI citizens. That promise of progress on gay…
How Caribbean courts and LGBT activists nudge us toward justice
As courts strike down anti-sodomy laws across the Caribbean, the region’s governments have been freed to embrace LGBTI…
Jamaican activists are not con men
What to make of a prominent Roman Catholic deacon’s claim that Jamaican LGBT-rights activists are acting like con…
We’re down to 74 countries where homosexuality is illegal
[See January 2019 update: “Tally of nations with anti-gay laws drops to 73.”]
‘400 million LGBT people in jeopardy worldwide’
In a world where 400 million LGBTQI people are in legal jeopardy, Canada’s refugee screening system needs reform…
Appeal of Belize decriminalization ‘effectively over’
An attempt to reinstate Belize’s anti-sodomy law is “effectively over,” says LGBT rights activist Maurice Tomlinson.
Dozens of Caribbean activists gather for LBTQI empowerment
“It is important that voices from the entire Caribbean are heard,” Jassica St. Rose of Saint Lucia said…