Jamai should repeal gay sex ban, says Ameris top rights body | Rters

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• HOMOSEXUALY IS STILL ILLEGAL IN THE 9 CARIBBEAN COUNTRITRIDAD REPEALED S BAN ON GAY SEX THIS MONTH, AND THERE IS CREASED PRSURE ON OTHER COMMONWEALTH UNTRI TO FOLLOW {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY JEFF TAYLORAPRIL 23, 2018/2:49 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2571PX;WIDTH:3829PX;}ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/GETTY IMAGA MEMBER OF JAMAI'S GAY MUNY TAK PART THE FIRST TERNATNAL MARCH AGAST STIGMA, DISCRIMATN AND HOMOPHOBIA, MEXI CY, ON AUGT 2, 2008, THE AMEWORK OF THE XVII INTERNATNAL AIDS/HIV CONFERENCE WHICH WILL START ON AUGT 3.. AFP PHOTO/ALEDO ESTRELLA (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY JEFF TAYLORAPRIL 23, 2018 / 2:49 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOMOSEXUALY IS STILL ILLEGAL IN THE 9 CARIBBEAN COUNTRI","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-04-23T18:49:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-04-23T18:49:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JEFF TAYLOR","KEYWORDS":"TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS MONTH TRIDAD AND TOBAGO CRIMALIZED NSENSUAL GAY SEX, WHICH WAS PREVLY PUNISHABLE WH UP TO 25 YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THE NEWS HAS VIGORATED LGBT RIGHTS ADVOT, THE PICTURE FOR GAY RIGHTS THE REGN IS STILL FAR OM IAL: SAME-SEX RELATNS ARE STILL ILLEGAL NE CARIBBEAN UNTRI, ALL OF WHICH ARE PART OF THE BRISH COMMONWEALTH. AND WHILE LAWS ARE NOT ALWAYS ENFORCED, THEY HAVE A CHILLG EFFECT ON THE LOL LGBT MUNY, WHICH N OFTEN FACE HARASSMENT, DISCRIMATN AND EVEN VLENCE. SODOMY LAWS ALSO HIB MANY LGBT CARIBBEANS OM REACHG OUT TO POLICE OR HIV/AIDS AGENCI FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRISH PRIME MISTER THERA MAY MET WH COMMONWEALTH LEARS LAST WEEK AND EXPRSED REGRET FOR THE U.K.'S ROLE CRIMALIZG SAME-SEX ACTIVY FORMER LONI. “I AM ALL TOO AWARE THAT THE LAWS WERE OFTEN PUT PLACE BY MY OWN UNTRY. THEY WERE WRONG THEN AND THEY ARE WRONG NOW.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW WE LOOK AT THE STATE OF AFFAIRS THE CARIBBEAN NATNS WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS STILL AGAST THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANTIGUA AND BARBUDAALAN COPSON/GETTY IMAGCARIBBEAN, ANTIGUA, ENGLISH HARBOUR OM SHIRLEY HEIGHTS, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ANTIGUA, "BUGGERY" IS PUNISHABLE BY UP TO 15 YEARS PRISON, OR UP TO FIVE YEARS WHEN MTED BY A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ERNMENT HAS STATED DON'T TEND TO CRIMALIZE HOMOSEXUALY THROUGH EXECUTIVE OR LEGISLATIVE MEANS. BUT LEARS ADM THAT IF A LEGAL CHALLENGE WAS BROUGHT URT, WOULD LIKELY END THE SAME WAY DID FOR BELIZE, WHICH LED S BUGGERY LAW UNNSTUTNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MISTER OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATN SAMANTHA MARSHALL LLED ANTIGUA'S BAN ANTIQUATED, SAYG "I DON’T KNOW THAT IS SOMETHG THAT IS ENFORCED [OR] SERV ANY PURPOSE, SO [] SHOULD BE REMOVED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BARBADOSGARY JOHN NORMAN/GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BARBADOS PUNISH SAME-SEX RELATNS WH TEN YEARS TO LIFE PRISON, THE HARSHT PUNISHMENT ON THIS LIST. AS ANTIGUA, A CHALLENGE TO THE LAW WOULD ALMOST CERTALY SEE STCK DOWN, AS BARBADOS FALLS UNR THE SAME LEGAL JURISPNCE AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGBT RIGHTS ARE GAG A FOOTHOLD THE UNTRY OF SOME 280,000: THE FIRST BARBADOS PRI TOOK PLACE BRIDGETOWN NOVEMBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DOMICOL MCCONNELL/TORONTO STARCMCC-JULY 4TH OF . THIS IS DOMI. PATED PIANOS THE ROBERT LOWREY PIANO EXPERTS STORE. FOR THE PAN -AM PIANOS ARE BEG PATED BY ARTISTS REPRENTG 41 DIFFERENT UNTRI.14 WERE SHOT AS ONE OF THE ON WE WANTED WASNT THEY WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO BE OKIE CROPPED AS THERE WAS NO WAY TO SGLE THEM OUT WH A PLA BACKGROUND. (PHOTO BY COL MCCONNELL/TORONTO STAR VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THIS ISLAND REPUBLIC THE LSER ANTILL, ANAL SEX BETWEEN MEN IS PUNISHABLE BY UP TO 10 YEARS PRISON. "GROSS CENCY," OR ANY ACT BIS TERURSE, IS PUNISHABLE BY UP TO FIVE YEARS BEHD BARS. AND THE URT N ORR THOSE NVICTED BE SENT TO A PSYCHIATRIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2012, TWO AMERIN MEN ARRTED FOR HAVG SEX ON THE BALNY OF A CISE SHIP DOCKED DOMI. THEY WERE IALLY CHARGED WH BUGGERY BUT PLEA-BARGAED DOWN TO CENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GRENADAJEFF R CLOW/GETTY IMAGVIEW OF A REMOTE SERTED BEACH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GRENADA'S SODOMY BAN PUNISH ANAL SEX BETWEEN MEN WH UP TO TEN YEARS PRISON. (FEMALE SAME-SEX RELATNS ARE NOT ILLEGAL ON THE ISLAND OF SOME 107,300.) WHILE THE LAW IS RARELY ENFORCED, A 41-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS CHARGED WH HAVG SEX WH A 17-YEAR-OLD 2011, EVEN THOUGH BOTH WERE NSIRED NSENTG ADULTS ACRDG TO GRENADAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2013, SENATOR LAWRENCE JOSEPH ENURAGED THE LEGISLATURE TO REEXAME S BAN, SAYG "THE DAY IS FAST APPROACHG" WHEN WOULD BE STCK DOWN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUYANADANA DELIMONT/GETTY IMAGBOTTLE (BATTLE) MOUNTA
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SOUTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUYANA'S PENAL LISTS BUGGERY AS A FELONY, PUNISHABLE BY UP TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT. A MAN WHO M AN "ACT OF GROSS CENCY," WHICH IS NOT FED BUT LIKELY CLUS SEXUAL ACTIVY OTHER THAN ANAL SEX, N BE IMPRISONED FOR UP TO TWO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRINT DAVID A. GRANGER HAS SIGNALED HE'D BE OPEN TO REPEALG THE STATUTE, WHICH IS NOT MONLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I AM PREPARED TO RPECT THE RIGHTS OF ANY ADULT TO DULGE ANY PRACTICE WHICH IS NOT HARMFUL TO OTHERS," GRANGER SAID BACK 2016. HOWEVER, TO DATE THERE HAS STILL BEEN NO CHANGE TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JAMAIDOUG PEARSON/GETTY IMAGRICKS CAFE, NEGRIL, WTMORELAND PARISH, JAMAI, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE JAMAI ADVERTIS SELF AS "WELG TO ALL," HOMOSEXUAL TERURSE IS PUNISHABLE BY UP TO TEN YEARS PRISON, WHICH N CLU HARD LABOR. (ANY OTHER SEXUAL NTACT BETWEEN MEN IS PUNISHABLE BY UP TO SEVEN YEARS PRISON.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OTHER CARIBBEAN UNTRI HAVE STRICTER PENALTI, BUT ANTI-LGBT VLENCE IS ENMIC JAMAI: GAY MEN HAVE BEEN BEATEN, SHOT AND STONED TO ATH. IN 2017, LGBT ACTIVIST DEXTER POTTGER, DUBBED THE “FACE OF PRI,” WAS MURRED HIS HOME. SOME YOUNG QUEER JAMAINS ARE EVEN FORCED TO LIVE THE SEWERS AFTER BEG REJECTED BY THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE ARE EFFORTS TOWARD CHANGE: IN 2005, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LLED ON JAMAI, TO REPEAL S SODOMY BAN AND ACTIVELY BAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A 2011 BATE, FORMER JAMAIN PRIME MISTER PORTIA SIMPSON-MILLER SAID "NO ONE SHOULD BE DISCRIMATED AGAST BEE OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN." A YEAR LATER, LGBT RIGHTS MPAIGNER MRICE TOMLSON FILED SU AT THE INTER-AMERIN COMMISSN ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO GET THE BAN LIFTED. BUT HE WAS FORCED TO FLEE THE UNTRY AFTER NEWS OF HIS MARRIAGE TO ANOTHER MAN H LOL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AN GURAL JAMAI PRI EVENT WAS HELD KGSTON 2015, THOUGH SECURY NCERNS MEANT THERE WAS NO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAT KTS AND NEVISWALTER BIBIKOW/GETTY IMAGST. KTS AND NEVIS, ST. KTS, BASSETERRE, THE CIRC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAT KTS AND NEVIS'S OFFENC AGAST THE PERSON ACT PUNISH "THE ABOMABLE CRIME OF BUGGERY" BETWEEN MEN WH UP TO 10 YEARS PRISON WH THE POSSIBILY OF HARD LABOR. (FEMALE SAME-SEX RELATNS, HOWEVER, ARE NOT ILLEGAL.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO HUMAN DIGNY TST THE LAW HASN'T BEEN ENFORCED RECENT HISTORY. BUT 2005 A GAY CISE WAS BARRED OM DOCKG AND THE PTA WAS TAKEN TO SHORE FOR A MEETG WH PORT, POLICE, CTOMS AND IMMIGRATN OFFICIALS. THE PORT'S GENERAL MANAGER TOLD REPORTERS THAT NEVIS DO NOT WANT HOMOSEXUALY “TO BE A PART OF OUR CULTURE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAT LUCIAMIGUEL CUMMS (L) OF WT INDI BOWLS AGAST INDIA TO FISH WH 6 WICKETS FOR 48 NS DURG THE 5TH AND FAL DAY OF THE 3RD TT BETWEEN WT INDI AND INDIA AT DARREN SAMMY NATNAL CRICKET STADIUM ON AUGT 13, 2016 GROS ISLET, ST. LUCIA. / AFP / RANDY BROOKS (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ RANDY BROOKS/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAT LUCIA PUNISH NSENSUAL SEX BETWEEN MEN WH UP TO TEN YEARS PRISON. (IF THE FENDANT DON'T NTT THE CHARG, THE SENTENCE IS ONLY FIVE YEARS.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2008, THE UNTRY WAS THE ONLY U.N. MEMBER STATE THE AMERIS TO FORMALLY OPPOSE A CLARATN THAT THE U.N.'S PRCIPL OF NON-DISCRIMATN CLUD SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY. THREE YEARS LATER, A GROUP OF GAY AMERINS WERE ROBBED AND BEATEN THEIR HOTEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THEY ASKED IF WE WERE GAY," ONE OF THE VICTIMS, MICHAEL BAKER, TOLD THE GEIA VOICE AFTER THE ATTACK. "WHY HAD WE SHOWERED TOGETHER? TODD AND I BOTH SAID WAS BEE THE WATER HEATER WAS SO SMALL. THEY SAID IF WE WERE FAGGOTS THEY WOULD KILL .”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ADD THAT WHILE THEY NTACTED THORI, "THE POLICE WERE ALMOST ANNOYED WH , ALMOST AS IF WE WERE THE CRIMALS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAT VCENT AND THE GRENADCHRIS PARKER / DIGN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANYONE WHO MS "AN ACT OF GROSS CENCY WH ANOTHER PERSON OF THE SAME SEX" N FACE UP TO FIVE YEARS BEHD BARS SAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RECEPTIVE PARTNERS, MALE OR FEMALE, ACTUALLY FACE UP TO TEN YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2011, ARC INTERNATNAL ENURAGED THE UNTRY TO REPEAL S SODOMY LAWS, BUT S EFFORTS WERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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HOMOSEXUALY IS STILL ILLEGAL IN THE 9 CARIBBEAN COUNTRITRIDAD REPEALED S BAN ON GAY SEX THIS MONTH, AND THERE IS CREASED PRSURE ON OTHER COMMONWEALTH UNTRI TO FOLLOW {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY JEFF TAYLORAPRIL 23, 2018/2:49 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2571PX;WIDTH:3829PX;}ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/GETTY IMAGA MEMBER OF JAMAI'S GAY MUNY TAK PART THE FIRST TERNATNAL MARCH AGAST STIGMA, DISCRIMATN AND HOMOPHOBIA, MEXI CY, ON AUGT 2, 2008, THE AMEWORK OF THE XVII INTERNATNAL AIDS/HIV CONFERENCE WHICH WILL START ON AUGT 3.. AFP PHOTO/ALEDO ESTRELLA (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY JEFF TAYLORAPRIL 23, 2018 / 2:49 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOMOSEXUALY IS STILL ILLEGAL IN THE 9 CARIBBEAN COUNTRI","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-04-23T18:49:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-04-23T18:49:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JEFF TAYLOR","KEYWORDS":"TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS MONTH TRIDAD AND TOBAGO CRIMALIZED NSENSUAL GAY SEX, WHICH WAS PREVLY PUNISHABLE WH UP TO 25 YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THE NEWS HAS VIGORATED LGBT RIGHTS ADVOT, THE PICTURE FOR GAY RIGHTS THE REGN IS STILL FAR OM IAL: SAME-SEX RELATNS ARE STILL ILLEGAL NE CARIBBEAN UNTRI, ALL OF WHICH ARE PART OF THE BRISH COMMONWEALTH. AND WHILE LAWS ARE NOT ALWAYS ENFORCED, THEY HAVE A CHILLG EFFECT ON THE LOL LGBT MUNY, WHICH N OFTEN FACE HARASSMENT, DISCRIMATN AND EVEN VLENCE. SODOMY LAWS ALSO HIB MANY LGBT CARIBBEANS OM REACHG OUT TO POLICE OR HIV/AIDS AGENCI FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRISH PRIME MISTER THERA MAY MET WH COMMONWEALTH LEARS LAST WEEK AND EXPRSED REGRET FOR THE U.K.'S ROLE CRIMALIZG SAME-SEX ACTIVY FORMER LONI. “I AM ALL TOO AWARE THAT THE LAWS WERE OFTEN PUT PLACE BY MY OWN UNTRY. THEY WERE WRONG THEN AND THEY ARE WRONG NOW.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW WE LOOK AT THE STATE OF AFFAIRS THE CARIBBEAN NATNS WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS STILL AGAST THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANTIGUA AND BARBUDAALAN COPSON/GETTY IMAGCARIBBEAN, ANTIGUA, ENGLISH HARBOUR OM SHIRLEY HEIGHTS, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ANTIGUA, "BUGGERY" IS PUNISHABLE BY UP TO 15 YEARS PRISON, OR UP TO FIVE YEARS WHEN MTED BY A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ERNMENT HAS STATED DON'T TEND TO CRIMALIZE HOMOSEXUALY THROUGH EXECUTIVE OR LEGISLATIVE MEANS. BUT LEARS ADM THAT IF A LEGAL CHALLENGE WAS BROUGHT URT, WOULD LIKELY END THE SAME WAY DID FOR BELIZE, WHICH LED S BUGGERY LAW UNNSTUTNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MISTER OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATN SAMANTHA MARSHALL LLED ANTIGUA'S BAN ANTIQUATED, SAYG "I DON’T KNOW THAT IS SOMETHG THAT IS ENFORCED [OR] SERV ANY PURPOSE, SO [] SHOULD BE REMOVED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BARBADOSGARY JOHN NORMAN/GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BARBADOS PUNISH SAME-SEX RELATNS WH TEN YEARS TO LIFE PRISON, THE HARSHT PUNISHMENT ON THIS LIST. AS ANTIGUA, A CHALLENGE TO THE LAW WOULD ALMOST CERTALY SEE STCK DOWN, AS BARBADOS FALLS UNR THE SAME LEGAL JURISPNCE AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGBT RIGHTS ARE GAG A FOOTHOLD THE UNTRY OF SOME 280,000: THE FIRST BARBADOS PRI TOOK PLACE BRIDGETOWN NOVEMBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DOMICOL MCCONNELL/TORONTO STARCMCC-JULY 4TH OF . THIS IS DOMI. PATED PIANOS THE ROBERT LOWREY PIANO EXPERTS STORE. FOR THE PAN -AM PIANOS ARE BEG PATED BY ARTISTS REPRENTG 41 DIFFERENT UNTRI.14 WERE SHOT AS ONE OF THE ON WE WANTED WASNT THEY WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO BE OKIE CROPPED AS THERE WAS NO WAY TO SGLE THEM OUT WH A PLA BACKGROUND. (PHOTO BY COL MCCONNELL/TORONTO STAR VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THIS ISLAND REPUBLIC THE LSER ANTILL, ANAL SEX BETWEEN MEN IS PUNISHABLE BY UP TO 10 YEARS PRISON. "GROSS CENCY," OR ANY ACT BIS TERURSE, IS PUNISHABLE BY UP TO FIVE YEARS BEHD BARS. AND THE URT N ORR THOSE NVICTED BE SENT TO A PSYCHIATRIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2012, TWO AMERIN MEN ARRTED FOR HAVG SEX ON THE BALNY OF A CISE SHIP DOCKED DOMI. THEY WERE IALLY CHARGED WH BUGGERY BUT PLEA-BARGAED DOWN TO CENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GRENADAJEFF R CLOW/GETTY IMAGVIEW OF A REMOTE SERTED BEACH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GRENADA'S SODOMY BAN PUNISH ANAL SEX BETWEEN MEN WH UP TO TEN YEARS PRISON. (FEMALE SAME-SEX RELATNS ARE NOT ILLEGAL ON THE ISLAND OF SOME 107,300.) WHILE THE LAW IS RARELY ENFORCED, A 41-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS CHARGED WH HAVG SEX WH A 17-YEAR-OLD 2011, EVEN THOUGH BOTH WERE NSIRED NSENTG ADULTS ACRDG TO GRENADAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2013, SENATOR LAWRENCE JOSEPH ENURAGED THE LEGISLATURE TO REEXAME S BAN, SAYG "THE DAY IS FAST APPROACHG" WHEN WOULD BE STCK DOWN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUYANADANA DELIMONT/GETTY IMAGBOTTLE (BATTLE) MOUNTA
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SOUTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUYANA'S PENAL LISTS BUGGERY AS A FELONY, PUNISHABLE BY UP TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT. A MAN WHO M AN "ACT OF GROSS CENCY," WHICH IS NOT FED BUT LIKELY CLUS SEXUAL ACTIVY OTHER THAN ANAL SEX, N BE IMPRISONED FOR UP TO TWO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRINT DAVID A. GRANGER HAS SIGNALED HE'D BE OPEN TO REPEALG THE STATUTE, WHICH IS NOT MONLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I AM PREPARED TO RPECT THE RIGHTS OF ANY ADULT TO DULGE ANY PRACTICE WHICH IS NOT HARMFUL TO OTHERS," GRANGER SAID BACK 2016. HOWEVER, TO DATE THERE HAS STILL BEEN NO CHANGE TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JAMAIDOUG PEARSON/GETTY IMAGRICKS CAFE, NEGRIL, WTMORELAND PARISH, JAMAI, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE JAMAI ADVERTIS SELF AS "WELG TO ALL," HOMOSEXUAL TERURSE IS PUNISHABLE BY UP TO TEN YEARS PRISON, WHICH N CLU HARD LABOR. (ANY OTHER SEXUAL NTACT BETWEEN MEN IS PUNISHABLE BY UP TO SEVEN YEARS PRISON.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OTHER CARIBBEAN UNTRI HAVE STRICTER PENALTI, BUT ANTI-LGBT VLENCE IS ENMIC JAMAI: GAY MEN HAVE BEEN BEATEN, SHOT AND STONED TO ATH. IN 2017, LGBT ACTIVIST DEXTER POTTGER, DUBBED THE “FACE OF PRI,” WAS MURRED HIS HOME. SOME YOUNG QUEER JAMAINS ARE EVEN FORCED TO LIVE THE SEWERS AFTER BEG REJECTED BY THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE ARE EFFORTS TOWARD CHANGE: IN 2005, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LLED ON JAMAI, TO REPEAL S SODOMY BAN AND ACTIVELY BAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A 2011 BATE, FORMER JAMAIN PRIME MISTER PORTIA SIMPSON-MILLER SAID "NO ONE SHOULD BE DISCRIMATED AGAST BEE OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN." A YEAR LATER, LGBT RIGHTS MPAIGNER MRICE TOMLSON FILED SU AT THE INTER-AMERIN COMMISSN ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO GET THE BAN LIFTED. BUT HE WAS FORCED TO FLEE THE UNTRY AFTER NEWS OF HIS MARRIAGE TO ANOTHER MAN H LOL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AN GURAL JAMAI PRI EVENT WAS HELD KGSTON 2015, THOUGH SECURY NCERNS MEANT THERE WAS NO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAT KTS AND NEVISWALTER BIBIKOW/GETTY IMAGST. KTS AND NEVIS, ST. KTS, BASSETERRE, THE CIRC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAT KTS AND NEVIS'S OFFENC AGAST THE PERSON ACT PUNISH "THE ABOMABLE CRIME OF BUGGERY" BETWEEN MEN WH UP TO 10 YEARS PRISON WH THE POSSIBILY OF HARD LABOR. (FEMALE SAME-SEX RELATNS, HOWEVER, ARE NOT ILLEGAL.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO HUMAN DIGNY TST THE LAW HASN'T BEEN ENFORCED RECENT HISTORY. BUT 2005 A GAY CISE WAS BARRED OM DOCKG AND THE PTA WAS TAKEN TO SHORE FOR A MEETG WH PORT, POLICE, CTOMS AND IMMIGRATN OFFICIALS. THE PORT'S GENERAL MANAGER TOLD REPORTERS THAT NEVIS DO NOT WANT HOMOSEXUALY “TO BE A PART OF OUR CULTURE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAT LUCIAMIGUEL CUMMS (L) OF WT INDI BOWLS AGAST INDIA TO FISH WH 6 WICKETS FOR 48 NS DURG THE 5TH AND FAL DAY OF THE 3RD TT BETWEEN WT INDI AND INDIA AT DARREN SAMMY NATNAL CRICKET STADIUM ON AUGT 13, 2016 GROS ISLET, ST. LUCIA. / AFP / RANDY BROOKS (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ RANDY BROOKS/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAT LUCIA PUNISH NSENSUAL SEX BETWEEN MEN WH UP TO TEN YEARS PRISON. (IF THE FENDANT DON'T NTT THE CHARG, THE SENTENCE IS ONLY FIVE YEARS.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2008, THE UNTRY WAS THE ONLY U.N. MEMBER STATE THE AMERIS TO FORMALLY OPPOSE A CLARATN THAT THE U.N.'S PRCIPL OF NON-DISCRIMATN CLUD SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY. THREE YEARS LATER, A GROUP OF GAY AMERINS WERE ROBBED AND BEATEN THEIR HOTEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THEY ASKED IF WE WERE GAY," ONE OF THE VICTIMS, MICHAEL BAKER, TOLD THE GEIA VOICE AFTER THE ATTACK. "WHY HAD WE SHOWERED TOGETHER? TODD AND I BOTH SAID WAS BEE THE WATER HEATER WAS SO SMALL. THEY SAID IF WE WERE FAGGOTS THEY WOULD KILL .”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ADD THAT WHILE THEY NTACTED THORI, "THE POLICE WERE ALMOST ANNOYED WH , ALMOST AS IF WE WERE THE CRIMALS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAT VCENT AND THE GRENADCHRIS PARKER / DIGN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANYONE WHO MS "AN ACT OF GROSS CENCY WH ANOTHER PERSON OF THE SAME SEX" N FACE UP TO FIVE YEARS BEHD BARS SAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RECEPTIVE PARTNERS, MALE OR FEMALE, ACTUALLY FACE UP TO TEN YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2011, ARC INTERNATNAL ENURAGED THE UNTRY TO REPEAL S SODOMY LAWS, BUT S EFFORTS WERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

An ternatnal tribunal has led that Jamai should scrap s homophobic laws hatred that LGBTQ+ people routely face Jamai, and the lonial-haner laws that crimalise gay relatnships, are well documented. But, for the first time, the Inter-Amerin Commissn on Human Rights has termed that laws agast the “abomable crime of buggery” and acts of “gross cency” effectively led to state-sanctned vlence agast LGBTQ+ one of the two claimants this se, I had to tail my experienc over s livg as a gay man and rights activist Jamai.

All this simply bee they were gay, and unable or unwillg to live a msage LGBTQ+ Jamains receive loud and clear is that our liv are worthls.

'IF YOU'RE GAY JAMAI, YOU'RE AD'

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HOMOSEXUALY: THE UNTRI WHERE IS ILLEGAL TO BE GAY

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Homosexual activy Jamai is male illegal, female illegal, female legal Female same-sex enunters are not explicly outlawed. This month Tridad and Tobago crimalized nsensual gay sex, which was prevly punishable wh up to 25 years the news has vigorated LGBT rights advot, the picture for gay rights the regn is still far om ial: Same-sex relatns are still illegal ne Caribbean untri, all of which are part of the Brish Commonwealth. Antigua and BarbudaIn Antigua, "buggery" is punishable by up to 15 years prison, or up to five years when mted by a ernment has stated don't tend to crimalize homosexualy through executive or legislative means.

JamaiWhile Jamai advertis self as "welg to all, " homosexual terurse is punishable by up to ten years prison, which n clu hard labor. )Other Caribbean untri have stricter penalti, but anti-LGBT vlence is enmic Jamai: Gay men have been beaten, shot and stoned to ath. But 2005 a gay cise was barred om dockg and the pta was taken to shore for a meetg wh port, police, ctoms and immigratn officials.

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Followg the murr of gay activist Brian Williamson Kgston June, the Jamai Observer published a letter which read, "To be gay Jamai is to be ad. The motive was officially given as robbery, but Williamson was the only "out" gay activist the untry; members of the Jamain Fom for Lbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-Flag), an anisatn that operat unrground and anonymoly, believe that homophobia ma him a target. Internatnal human rights anisatns have scribed Jamai as one of the most homophobic plac the world; gay and lbian relatnships are largely nducted secret.

But, while prejudice and vlence agast gay men have h the headl followg Williamson's murr and the ongog ntroversy over Jamain sger Beenie Man's lyrics (which ll for the executn of gay men), the plight of lbians Jamai has not attracted the same attentn. Yet their liv are no ls difficult: a strongly-word statement issued June, Amnty Internatnal highlighted the growg problem of vigilante actn agast gays and lbians, and of their ill treatment and torture at the hands of the police. Acrdg to the Amnty statement, gay men and women have been "beaten, cut, burned, raped and shot on acunt of their sexualy.

"Pla Ettelbrick, executive director of the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn says: "Brian [Williamson]'s murr has really phed thgs back.

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Technilly, is not illegal to be gay Jamai, although the Offenc Agast The Person Act bans any kd of physil timacy between men. Sectn 76 of the act bans anal sex between men, and between men and woman - although the majory of prosecutns volve gay men, who n serve 10 years jail wh hard labour if nvicted. No statistics are currently available on the number of prosecutns of gay men unr this legislatn, but J-Flag plans to start llectg figur held at lol police statns.

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Homophobia is an irratnal fear of gay people and people worry that if they allow gay people to 'take over' there will be no more procreatn and the human race will die out. "A number of gay Jamains have claimed asylum untri where they n exprs their sexualy openly, such as Canada, the US and the UK.

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"A Home Office letter sent to a lbian asylum seeker om Jamai acknowledg that public figur the media, the church and polics have voiced homophobic views, and that there have been numero reports of acts of vlence agast gays but adds, "Neverthels is unrstood that this attu is not universal: police officers Jamai have protected homosexuals om vlent asslts, and Jamai's public fenr, who has publicly nmned homophobic vlence, has stated that the perpetrators mt be punished. But he ced the reluctance of victims of asslt to e forward as a reason for the failure of many vtigatns to homophobic attacks.

Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Kamala Harris has been a vol supporter of LGBTQ rightsUS Vice-Print Kamala Harris who is on a tour of three Ain untri - Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia - has drawn cricism over her support for LGBTQ Ghana, a speech llg for "all people be treated equally" she appeared to cricise a bill before the untry's parliament which crimalis advocy for gay rights and propos jail terms for those that intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, or untry's Speaker Alban Bagb later lled her remarks "unmocratic" and urged lawmakers not to be "timidated by any person" Tanzania, a former mister spoke agast US support for LGBTQ rights ahead of the vis and Zambia some opposn policians have threatened to hold is homosexualy still outlawed?

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In the same month, the high urt Barbados stck out laws that crimalised gay July last year, the urts Antigua and Barbuda clared a law crimalisg same-sex acts between nsentg adults Febary 2021, Angola's Print Joao Louren signed to law a revised penal to allow same-sex relatnships and ban discrimatn on the basis of sexual 2020, Gabon reversed a law that had crimalised homosexualy and ma gay sex punishable wh six months prison and a large fe.

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Mozambique and the Seychell have also scrapped anti-homosexualy laws recent there are untri where existg laws outlawg homosexualy have been tightened, cludg Nigeria and 's parliament recently passed a law to crack down on homosexual activi, promptg wispread source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Campaign agast LGBTQ rights some Ain untri has tensified recent weeksAnd some untri, efforts to get the laws removed have May 2019, the high urt Kenya upheld laws crimalisg homosexual acts. And many plac, breakg the laws uld be punishable by long prison of the 53 untri the Commonwealth - a loose associatn of untri most of them former Brish loni - 29 have laws that crimalise homosexualy.

Although the origal Brish laws applied only to men, untri that crimalise homosexualy today also have penalti for women who have sex wh Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (Ilga) monors the progrs of laws relatg to homosexualy around the says the ath penalty is the legally prcribed punishment for same-sex sexual acts Bnei, Iran, Mrania, Sdi Arabia, Yemen and some northern stat of five untri - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Qatar, Somalia, and the Uned Arab Emirat - there is no legal clary and the ath penalty uld be source, AFPImage ptn, An Indian gay rights activist protts agast a urt lg 2013 upholdg a law which crimalis gay repealed the ath penalty for nsensual same-sex sexual acts observers note that the risk of prosecutn some plac is mimal. For example, a 2017 report on Jamai by the UK Home Office said that Jamai was regard as a homophobic society, but that the "thori do not actively seek to prosecute LGBT persons". Attus towards the LGBT munyJamai’s homophobia may have origated Victorian valu, but today the beliefs are perpetuated thanks to the island’s stereotypilly macho culture.