LGBTQ+ news, rights, politics and culture from Barbados.
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The administration under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris set a new high-water mark for openly LGBTQ+ representation in federal posts, according to the reporting highlighted in Advocate's newsletter item.
Cook Islands ends ban on same-sex relations as Uganda enforces severe anti-LGBTQ+ laws. See where gay sex is criminalized and which countries have made recent legal changes. #LGBTQ
Cook Islands celebrates as the country passes the Crimes Amendment Bill, decriminalizing homosexuality and providing protections for sexual abuse victims. #LGBTQ #CookIslands
Shocking Details of Global LGBTQ+ Rights Abuses Revealed in State Department Report #LGBTQ+ #HumanRights #ConversionTherapy
Join the call for justice in Jamaica! Activists demand the repeal of the colonial-era law criminalizing gay sex, as the LGBTQ community faces horrific violence and persecution. #Jamaica #LGBTQ #RainbowRailroad #HumanDignityTrust #EndDiscrimination #JusticeForAll
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A top court in Barbados has struck down colonial-era laws that criminalize gay sex, becoming the third nation in the conservative Caribbean region to do so this year. The ruling issued Monda…
Sept 26 (Reuters) - Cubans overwhelmingly approved gay marriage and adoption in a government-backed referendum on Sunday, a landmark vote half a century after a wave of state persecution sent many homosexual people to f…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Caribbean court ruled Tuesday that a law in Antigua and Barbuda that criminalizes gay sex is unconstitutional. The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court found that “the selection of an intimate…
