Dominica

2024 LGBTQ Rights Global Progress – Latin America and Caribbean
Attorney Cara Shillingford won the case for the plaintiffs. (Photo courtesy of DominicaNewsOnline)
Dominica court overturns anti-sodomy law
Beach scene from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Photo courtesy of TropixTraveler)
U.N. agency bashes St. Vincent court ruling. Expect more rulings soon
Map of the 67 countries where sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal. YELLOW countries have sodomy laws that are currently being challenged before local courts. Sri Lanka, in PINK, currently has a bill before its parliament to repeal its sodomy law. Indonesia, in ORANGE, has laws that criminalize homosexuality only in some subnational jurisdictions. All states in RED have nationwide sodomy laws and no known efforts to remove them. 
Legal challenges to anti-LGBTQ laws are under way in at least 10 nations
2022 in worldwide LGBT rights progress – Part 2: Latin America and Caribbean
At this month's PrideJA 2017, Dane Lewis, executive director of J-FLAG (left) poses with Khavoy Brown, co-coordinator of Montego Bay Pride 2017. (Photo courtesy of Khavoy Brown)
Jamaica: homophobia’s last stand
Dominica High Court to hear challenge to sodomy laws
Dominica High Court accepts challenge to sodomy laws
Courts are the key to expanding LGBTQ rights in the Caribbean
Dominican Anglican church goes rogue on gay rights
2021 in review: A little progress against anti-LGBTQ laws, lots of resistance
Bishop Gabriel Malzaire
Catholic bishop reverses himself, favors Dominica’s anti-gay laws
‘LGBTQ church members are not loved as much as God wants’ (Day 2)
Evangelical pastor forces delay in Dominica lawsuit
Churches, activists fighting anti-gay laws — online talks Nov. 25-27
Dominica: Churches again use delay tactics to defend anti-sodomy law
Three betrayals by three powerful Caribbean women