Trinidad and Tobago ‘targets LGBTQ+ people’ after recriminalising homosexuality
- An appeals court in Trinidad and Tobago has recriminalised homosexuality, reinstating laws that impose a maximum sentence of five years in prison for gay sex.
- LGBTQ+ activist Jason Jones condemned the ruling, stating that it has 'put a target on LGBTQIA+ people' in the country.
- The recent decision overturned a 2018 ruling that had decriminalised consensual same-sex sexual relations, noting that only Parliament can change the ban on homosexuality.
- Many activists view this as a significant setback for LGBTQ+ rights in Trinidad and Tobago, with criticism directed at the ruling for reversing progress.
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Trinidad and Tobago recriminalises gay sex in case that could have impact across the Caribbean
TL;DR: An appeal court in Trinidad and Tobago has overturned a court ruling that helped multiple countries across the Caribbean overturn colonially rooted laws that made same-sex intamacy illegal. The country will now punish gay sex with prison terms. An appeals court in Trinidad and Tobago recriminalised consensual same-sex relations in the country this week, in a devastating turn of events for LGBTQIA+ people right across the Caribbean.It reve…
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