“A resounding victory for social justice and a necessary repudiation of homophobia.” That’s how one human rights activist…
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Jamaica ignores human rights in its rejection of same-sex marriage, says Jamaican-Canadian activist Maurice Tomlinson, who has challenged…
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A legal challenge to Jamaica’s anti-sodomy law met with an encouraging reception last week at the Inter-American Commission…
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LGBTI rights activists plan to plead for an end to Jamaica’s anti-sodomy law in a hearing today with…
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The large and influential Jamaican Gleaner newspaper has endorsed activist Maurice Tomlinson’s appeal to an international human rights…
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Because it does not allow same-sex marriage, Jamaica’s Constitution is in violation of a human-rights treaty that the…
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As courts strike down anti-sodomy laws across the Caribbean, the region’s governments have been freed to embrace LGBTI…
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Alexa Hoffmann, a heterosexual trans woman in Barbados, explains the importance of her petition to overturn the country’s…
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The harsh anti-buggery laws of Barbados contribute to homophobic stigma that discourages LGBT people from getting health care…
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Three LGBTQ Barbadians have filed a petition challenging laws in Barbados that outlaw “buggery” and other intimacy between…
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