Did 2022 see the Caribbean become more ‘gay-friendly’?

Feature image created using Canva Pro elements. Have LGBTQ+ rights advanced in the Caribbean this year? Has the situation changed significantly since 2016, when Belizean gay rights activist Caleb Orozco won his legal challenge to a section of his country’s Criminal Code? Well, yes and no. In a landmark judgement on December 12, 2022, the Supreme Court of Barbados issued an oral ruling that struck down colonial-era laws criminalising consensual same-sex relations. The Court deemed Sections 9 and 12 of the Sexual Offences Act.pdf?vs=4355), which criminalise buggery and serious indecency, null an…

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