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HOMOSEXUALY IS STILL ILLEGAL IN THE 9 CARIBBEAN COUNTRITRIDAD REPEALED S BAN ON GAY SEX THIS MONTH, AND THERE IS CREASED PRSURE ON OTHER COMMONWEALTH UNTRI TO FOLLOW {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D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

The Caribbean has some great gay weddg venue optns. Choose om spectacular statns such as Aba, Puerto Ri, Curao and many more. * caribbean gay marriage *

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.

THE BT CARIBBEAN DTATNS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS

(Rters) - Cubans overwhelmgly approved gay marriage and adoptn a ernment-backed referendum on Sunday, a landmark vote half a century after a wave of state persecutn sent many homosexual people to forced labor mps and to is a timele on same-sex marriage across Lat Ameri and the Caribbean:Pre-2010 - Only a handful of untri worldwi regnize same-sex marriage, mostly Europe. 2011 - Brazil's Supreme Court l that gay upl stable relatnships should have the same rights as heterosexual upl terms of retirement benefs, herance and alimony. Polil Cartoons on World Lears 2013 - France legaliz gay marriage, changg the law s overseas Caribbean terrori of Gualoupe, Martique and French Guea.

2022 - Cubans overwhelmgly approve gay marriage and adoptn a ernment-backed September marriage remas illegal or not regnized across most of Central Ameri, Paraguay, Bolivia, Pe, Venezuela, Surame, Guyana and swath of the Caribbean, acrdg to global LGBT rights tracker Equalx.

Sce the first same-sex marriag took place the Netherlands 2001, more than 30 other jurisdictns have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry, mostly Europe and the Ameris. Netherlands2001EuropeFirst untry to legalize same-sex marriage after Parliament passed the law December Zealand 2013Asia-PacificFirst untry the Asia-Pacific regn to allow gays and lbians to 2009EuropeThe law replaced a 1993 statute permtg civil unns. Slovenia 2022EuropeFirst untry formerly munist Eastern Europe to legalize same-sex Ai 2006Sub-Saharan AiOnly Ain untry where same-sex marriage is legal; several untri on the ntent have passed laws that ban homosexualy recent 2005EuropeBeme the third untry globally to legalize same-sex marriage after a vote s closely divid 2009EuropeGay and lbian upl Swen prevly had been allowed to register for civil unns sce 1995.

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1%) st ballots favor of legalizg same-sex marriage a 2021 2019Asia-PacificA urt lg prompted a change the law that ma Taiwan the first jurisdictn Asia to perm gays and lbians to Kgdom 2014EuropeLegal same-sex marriage took effect Northern Ireland 2020, six years after the change England and Wal. Although Curao don’t currently legally regnize gay marriage, Dreams Curao offers symbolic ceremoni for gay upl seekg to tie the knot on the vibrant Caribbean island of Curao! It’s those latter islands where gay and lbian travelers ually feel more at ease sce lol laws around homosexualy and same-sex marriage match those of their parent untri.

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But rather than plan vatns to one of the dozen Caribbean islands where homosexualy is crimalized (surprisg, but te), most travelers simply prefer to vatn where they’ll feel fortable. In the beachont neighborhood of Condado, the Atlantic Beach Hotel and Oasis Lounge are regular gay hotspots, both jt steps away om the low-key gay-beach area. Oranjtad also is home to District 7, an LGBT-centric nightclub, lounge, rtrant, and n (which was once a simpler gay bar lled Jimmy’s Place).

But to wele gay and lbian Caribbean visors, this small island go the extra e by beg an active member of the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Travel Associatn (IGLTA).

Floris Sue Hotel Spa and Beach Club Curaçao is the go-to gay hotel Willemstad, where adult guts n enjoy luxury, privacy, and views of the island’s famoly-blue waters.

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