Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

LGBTI Rights in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

ADDED ON: 07/01/2021

Anti-LGBT+ laws cost Caribbean billions in lost business – report
06/30/2021 | Reuters

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Businessman Richard Branson on Wednesday urged Caribbean countries to be more LGBT-friendly as a report said anti-gay laws cost the region’s 12 English-speaking nations up to $4.4…

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ADDED ON: 12/21/2019

Anti-gay laws in 2019: You win some, you lose some
12/20/2019 | Erasing 76 Crimes

2019 has been a mixed year for opponents of the anti-gay laws that still oppress LGBTQ people in dozens of countries worldwide. During 2019, millions fewer people than in 2018 suffered under…

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ADDED ON: 09/24/2019

Parties wade through pretrial issues in St Vincent buggery law case
09/21/2019 | Jamaica Observer

The next hearing in the legal challenges to the buggery laws in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is slated for November 13 as the parties continue to wade through pretrial issues.…

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ADDED ON: 08/13/2019

Lawsuits in Four Caribbean Countries Challenge Colonial-era Sodomy Laws
08/08/2019 | PrideSource

LGBTI people in four Caribbean countries over the last year have filed lawsuits against their nations’ colonial-era sodomy laws. Javin Johnson and Sean Macleish on July 26 filed a lawsuit against two…

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ADDED ON: 07/27/2019

Caribbean lawsuit challenges St. Vincent’s anti-gay law
07/27/2019 | Erasing 76 Crimes

Today, two gay men filed court proceedings to challenge St Vincent and the Grenadines’ “buggery” and “gross indecency” laws, which criminalise homosexuality. Both men, who have been advised by Jeremy Johnson QC…

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