A report om Human Rights Watch lls on the ernment of St. Vcent to overturn lonial-era anti-gay laws that have led to a recent wave of vlence and genr discrimatn on the small Caribbean island.
Contents:
- GAY & LBIAN KGDOM OF THE CORAL SEA ISLANDS
- GAY AND LBIAN KGDOM OF THE CORAL SEA ISLANDS
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- GAY AND LBIAN KGDOM OF THE CORAL SEA ISLANDS
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
GAY & LBIAN KGDOM OF THE CORAL SEA ISLANDS
The Gay and Lbian Kgdom of the Coral Sea Islands is a micronatn tablished as a symbolic polil prott by a group of gay rights activists based southeast Queensland Atralia. On June 14, 2004, the group claimed the Coral Sea Island Terrory and seced om Atralia after... * gay island micronation *
A set of stamps om the Gay & Lbian Kgdom of the Coral Sea IslandsWikimedia.
Gay & Lbian Kgdom of the Coral Sea Islands. Pete troIn 2004, a group of gay rights activists om Atralia tablished the micronatn as a symbolic polil prott, after the ernment of Atralia's refal to regnize same-sex marriag. It was loted Atralia's external overseas terrory of the Coral Sea Islands, unhabed islets east of the Great Barrier iaMatthew Briggs me up wh the iative to tablish the "gay kgdom" durg Brisbane Gay and Lbian Pri Ftival 2003.
GAY AND LBIAN KGDOM OF THE CORAL SEA ISLANDS
On June 14, 2004, the activists arrived at Cato island on the Gayflower ship, raised the rabow pri flag and clared the Coral Sea Islands an pennt gay and lbian state. The Kgdom was dissolved November 2017 after Atralia legalized gay marriage.
Gay & Lbian Kgdomof the Coral Sea Islands.
Gay & Lbian people. The Gay and Lbian Kgdom of the Coral Sea Islands is a micronatn tablished as a symbolic polil prott by a group of gay rights activists based southeast Queensland Atralia.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
The clu two Amerin-based groups, the Gay and Lbian Commonwealth Kgdom, head by Jaix Broox, and the Unified Gay Tribe, led by Bill Freeman and Enrique Pérez, and the German based Gay Homeland Foundatn led by Victor Zimmermann. Webse of the "Gay and Lbian Commonwealth Kgdom".
Webse of the "Gay Homeland Foundatn".
Webse of the "Unified Gay Tribe". The "Gay and Lbian Kgdom" discsn group on Yahoo. Vcent and the Grenad, where gay sex is still homelsns to ongog physil and verbal abe, the gay muny the small natn of some 100, 000 people says is unr nstant threat.
GAY AND LBIAN KGDOM OF THE CORAL SEA ISLANDS
While rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people.
”In July 2019, two gay men om St. Vcent who are livg abroad filed a se to challenge lol laws crimalizg gay sex that activists say should be stck down.
”Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help. One gay man relled how his classmat beat him and broke his arm. Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir suici.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
Many also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry. It is hard for me as a gay this untry. ”Six English-speakg natns the Caribbean still crimalize gay sex, cludg Domi, Jamai, Guyana, Grenada and St.
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
Gonsalv prevly noted there’s been a history of discrimatn agast gay people. That kd of irratnal homophobia is entirely unacceptable.
”González wh Human Rights Watch noted that 2019, the ernment held a workshop for public employe on the importance of rpectg gay rights, a rare move for a nservative Caribbean natn. Vcent, anal sex is punishable by up to 10 years prison, while “gross cency” wh another person of the same sex is punishable by up to five years, acrdg to lonial-era laws that are mon the socially nservative Caribbean rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people. Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry.