Why most gay Tridadians are reluctant to step forward
Contents:
- GAY LIFE TRIDAD & TOBAGO
- GAY TRAVEL T&T - TRIDAD AND TOBAGO FOM
- ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
- GAY SEX IS LEGAL TRIDAD AND TOBAGO… AND BEYOND???
GAY LIFE TRIDAD & TOBAGO
A judge led Thursday that the Caribbean natn’s lonial-era laws banng gay sex are unnstutnal. * gay trinidadians *
Unfortunately T&T is one of ne Caribbean untri that still crimaliz homosexualy. Curly however, spe the archaic anti-gay statut left over om Brish le, a visor n fd gays and lbians T&T who are more relaxed even if not fully open. Surprisgly, the gay scene T&T is bigger than any other Caribbean untry except Puerto Ri.
GAY TRAVEL T&T - TRIDAD AND TOBAGO FOM
Answer 1 of 7: Are the islands of Tridad and Tobago safe for gay travelers to vis? I unrstand that homosexual acts are nsired a crimal offense. Also, I read onle that there is a law banng LGBT people om enterg the untry. How safe is for a... * gay trinidadians *
The gay muny is centered the pal cy of Port-of-Spa (populatn about 58, 000). At any one time there may be more than one gay club but there has never been more than four operatg the entire untry. Gay Pri has been celebrated for almost two s, but the activi are neher outdoors nor public, so they don’t que look like a ftival.
There are numero gay events wh Carnival masquera but they are not publicly advertised and the are not yet ‘self-namg’. Said one lol man wh a lgh, “our gay muny is very active mostly at partyg.
Such activi nnot be found on the anti-gay islands of Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Domi, Grenada, St Kts & Nevis, St Lucia and St Vcent & Grenad wh Jamai nsired to be the most risky untry for gays. Formerly Brish Belize and Guyana still crimalize homosexual acts but prosecutns for private nsensual acts– any of the other ‘forbiddg’ Caribbean stat–is very rare (outsi of Jamai).
ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
The lg, which clared sectns of the Sexual Offenc Act unnstutnal, may soon lead to crimalisg gay nsensual sex * gay trinidadians *
This is not to suggt that T&T is a popular gay tourist statn or a lol center for gay-lib.
Past the urban centers homophobia is still prent the Indo-Ao-Caribbean cultur here (and elsewhere the Caribbean). As recently as June 2012 the T&T UN Ambassador Rodney Charl disparaged gay rights by statg that efforts by “those support of gay rights and genr policy chang was all about sex and how they want to have , ” sayg he would be “vigilant to oppose any form of endorsement or legal protectn when regards to sexual orientatn or discrimatn towards the tegory. Overall, an activist T&T has advised, “Caribbean attus and vlence towards GLBT people are not terribly different om those parts of their own untri or earlier their own lifetim… the generalized view of the Caribbean (and the Global South) as backwardly homophobic is not accurate.
GAY SEX IS LEGAL TRIDAD AND TOBAGO… AND BEYOND???
LGBTQIA+ is an abbreviatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer or qutng, tersex, asexual, and more. The terms are ed to scribe a person’s sexual orientatn or genr inty. * gay trinidadians *
Y, homosexual sex here is crimal but the laws are hardly noticed. We thk ’s much more productive to build polil solidary and partnerships to challenge homophobia ” by tg the public and lobbyg the ernment to change unfair laws. The ma advocy groups opposg such anti-gay prejudice are the Coaln Advotg for Incln of Sexual Orientatn’ (CAISO and the Tridad & Tobago FreePri Foundatn Project (FreePri).
CAISO was found 2009 as a public fom orr to raise awarens among lay people and elected officials about the needs and issu of gay T&T cizens. It is not a polil anizatn; rather, provis gay women wh a fom to chat and exprs themselv beyond the party scene.
LGBTQ people Tridad and Tobago are facg a backlash after the untry's High Court led last week that crimalisg gay people is unnstutnal. * gay trinidadians *
Havg said CAISO do not hold their Pri events (wh the ual lor, mic and eros) public plac, they are a leadg participant the Day Agast Homophobia walk that is very public. The event is not publicized as a ‘gay’ event but rather a rally agast discrimatn. “Alli and members of Tridad and Tobago’s gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr (GLBT) muni–and seven other NGO groups–will vis Government members walkg about at lunchtime.