Guyana

Map of the 65 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 legislative efforts or court challenges to remove them.
LGBTQ rights update: 2025 tally and 2026 preview
2025 LGBTQ rights update: Progress and backsliding in Latin America and Caribbean
If political promises matter, Guyana is about to repeal its anti-gay laws
2024 LGBTQ Rights Global Progress – Latin America and Caribbean
Despite progress, Guyana holds tight to its homophobia
Initiative for Equality and Non-Discrimination Executive Director Essy Adhiambo. (Courtesy photo)
Global LGBT activists gather for Human Rights Campaign summit in DC
‘One day I will be the first gay president of Guyana!’
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
Kenita Placide, executive director of the The Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality (ECADE)
Courts are the key to expanding LGBTQ rights in the Caribbean
With anti-trans law gone, Guyana’s trans community seeks to reform society
Guyana formally decriminalizes cross-dressing
Guyana government introduces bill to repeal defunct cross-dressing ban
Caribbean Pride celebrations take many forms
Mourners protest murder of Caribbean drag artist
‘LGBTQ church members are not loved as much as God wants’ (Day 2)