Challenge to Jamaica’s anti-sodomy law gets a warm reception
A legal challenge to Jamaica’s anti-sodomy law met with an encouraging reception last week at the Inter-American Commission…
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to hear Jamaica petition Monday
LGBTI rights activists plan to plead for an end to Jamaica’s anti-sodomy law in a hearing today with…
Jamaican newspaper backs bid for same-sex marriage
The large and influential Jamaican Gleaner newspaper has endorsed activist Maurice Tomlinson’s appeal to an international human rights…
Activist petitions for right to same-sex marriage in Jamaica
Because it does not allow same-sex marriage, Jamaica’s Constitution is in violation of a human-rights treaty that the…
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…
My Barbados petition: ‘the difference between life and death’
Alexa Hoffmann, a heterosexual trans woman in Barbados, explains the importance of her petition to overturn the country’s…
Anti-gay laws ‘damage human rights and health of all Barbadians’
The harsh anti-buggery laws of Barbados contribute to homophobic stigma that discourages LGBT people from getting health care…
Here’s why activists need international help vs. Barbados
Three LGBTQ Barbadians have filed a petition challenging laws in Barbados that outlaw “buggery” and other intimacy between…
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.
LGBT Jamaicans paint their way closer to local police
“LGBT community members in Jamaica refuse to be victims. We are actively engaged in our own liberation,” says…