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GAY AND LBIAN MEMORY ACTN (GALA)
Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people Sat Vcent and the Grenad face bias-motivated vlence and discrimatn their daily life, Human Rights Watch said a report released today. The legislature should repeal the untry’s lonial-era laws that crimalize nsensual same-sex nduct and pass prehensive civil legislatn prohibg discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty. The 58-page report, “‘They Can Harass Us Bee of the Laws’: Vlence and Discrimatn agast LGBT People Sat Vcent and the Grenad,” expos the physil and verbal asslts, fay vlence, homelsns, workplace harassment, bullyg, and sexual vlence that sexual and genr mori face unr the shadow of discrimatory laws. Those rponsible for mistreatment clu people close to LGBT people – fay members, neighbors, workers, classmat, and teachers – as well as strangers and police officers. * gay and lesbian memory in action *
GALA is a centre for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) culture and tn Ai. Gala is a centre for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ) culture and tn South missn is, first and foremost, to act as a talyst for the productn, prervatn and dissematn of knowledge on the history, culture and ntemporary experienc of LGBTIQ people. Gala was formed 1997 to addrs the erasure and omissn of LGBTIQ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Intersex and Queer) stori and experienc om public stutns such as official archiv (South) Ai.
Origally named the Gay and Lbian Archiv (GALA), the aim was to llect and prerve lol LGBTIQ narrativ, both public and private. In 2007 the name of the anisatn was changed to Gay and Lbian Memory Actn, while retag the GALA Acronym. I thk the laws [crimalizg nsensual gay sex] create a system of homophobia.
— Andrew Williams (psdonym), a 28-year-old gay man om Sat Vcent, January 11, 2023. If people are havg an argument, that’s [their] jtifitn for homophobia. — Samuel Sayers (psdonym), a 25-year-old gay man om Sat Vcent, October 25, 2022.
GAY & LBIAN MEMORY IN ACTN
This progrs has been slow and cremental, spearhead by civil society efforts the regn to abolish laws that crimalize gay sex. The laws rerce societal prejudic, effectively givg tac legal sanctn for stigma, discrimatn, and vlence agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people. The laws are vaguely word, have broad latu, and sgle out nsensual gay sex the “sexual offens” sectn of the crimal that is otherwise rerved for crim like rape, ct, and sexual asslt.
In July 2019, two gay men om Sat Vcent and the Grenad livg abroad filed a se challengg the nstutnaly of the discrimatory provisns the crimal . Along wh Domi, Guyana, Grenada, Jamai, Sat Lucia—the other five untri the Caribbean that crimalize gay sex—Sat Vcent and the Grenad ntu to be an outlier a hemisphere that has chewed the crimalizatn of nsensual gay sex.