Lawsuit aims to overturn Dominica’s anti-gay laws
The Caribbean island nation of Dominica will soon become the region’s third country facing a lawsuit over its…
Updates: Kenya, Singapore, Egypt, Cameroon and more
Campaigns to overturn anti-gay laws, “corrective rape,” human rights violations, a courageous filmmaker — all those and more…
Court makes it official: Trinidad anti-gay law is dead
Trinidad’s High Court has confirmed and clarified its April decision that overturned the Caribbean island nation’s colonial-era anti-sodomy…
Inspired by Trinidad, India weighs ending its anti-gay law
The Trinidad court that overturned the Caribbean nation’s anti-sodomy law has played a role 9,000 miles away, where…
Training sessions aim to help LGBT seniors
A Florida-based organization offers training sessions that can help nursing homes and other senior citizen services learn to…
With a boost from Rihanna, Barbados rejects homophobia
Barbados elected its first female prime minister on Thursday as the opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) took all…
English-speaking Caribbean lags its neighbors on LGBT rights
Seven English-speaking island nations in the Caribbean cling to their homophobic past, creating misery for their LGBT citizens.
The harshest anti-gay law in the Western Hemisphere
Barbados Pride is taking on the harshest anti-gay law in the West. Stevia Arthur, co-coordinator of Barbados Pride,…
Letter to anti-gay pastor: Some will die because of your words
After Christian pastors from Canada and Jamaica assembled last week to prepare for an anti-Carnival, anti-homosexuality parade next…
Appeal of Belize decriminalization ‘effectively over’
An attempt to reinstate Belize’s anti-sodomy law is “effectively over,” says LGBT rights activist Maurice Tomlinson.