Trinidad and Tobago ‘targets LGBTQ+ people’ after recriminalising homosexuality

Caribbean Matters: Trinidad and Tobago's reinstated anti-gay laws fire up activists

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Trinidad and Tobago ‘targets LGBTQ+ people’ after recriminalising homosexuality

An appeals court in Trinidad and Tobago has recriminalised homosexuality, which an LGBTQ+ activist says "targets LGBTQIA+ people".

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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