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Vargas Llosa: South America’s homophobia killed Zamudio
Funeral of Daniel Zamudio on March 30. (Photo courtesy of Jorge Barrios via Wiki Commons) COMMENTARY Last month’s murder of Chilean gay activist Daniel Zamudio gave a boost to a bill to prohibit...
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Timeline lacking as Trinidad pushes for LGBT rights
Kamla Persad-Bissessar, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago In response to a letter from the UK-based LGBT advocacy group, Kaleidoscope Trust, Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla...
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Caribbean fight to end 2 countries’ ban on gay travel
Maurice Tomlinson (Photo courtesy of International Planned Parenthood Federation) As some of you may know, the immigration acts of Belize and Trinidad and Tobago legally bar the entry of homosexuals,...
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Jamaica needs urgent action to save LGBT people’s lives
Maurice Tomlinson and other protesters take part in Sept. 10 2protest, LGBT Jamaicans Stand Against Violence. High-horse of urgency vs. callous indifference I met some remarkably resilient young...
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Caribbean nations are abuzz with LGBT news
The LGBT-focused International Resource Network published a useful compilation of LGBT news from the Caribbean last week, including these items from Guyana, Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad. An editorial...
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Caribbean youths seek repeal of 6 nations’ anti-gay laws
Youthful leaders from Caribbean countries with anti-gay laws met last weekend in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, where they signed a declaration seeking greater social acceptance of LGBT people and the repeal...
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12 grim lands, 7 bright spots in LGBTI preview of 2015
Countries where homosexual activity is illegal. (Click image for list with links to each country’s news.) As debate over LGBTI rights continues worldwide in 2015, progress has been made in at least...
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7 battlefields: The fight for LGBTI rights in the Caribbean
A recap of recent gains, losses and ongoing battles over LGBTI rights in seven Caribbean nations (Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad, Belize, Barbados, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands), with help from coverage...
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‘My selfish reasons for fighting Jamaican homophobia’
Maurice Tomlinson displays the Jamaican flag. (Photo courtesy of Maurice Tomlinson via Facebook) LGBTI rights activist Maurice Tomlinson is back in Jamaica this week, preparing for a hearing at the...
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Hearings begin over LGBT rights to travel in Caribbean
LGBTI rights activist Maurice Tomlinson provides this report on the first day of hearings at the Caribbean Court of Justice in connection with his case challenging the ban against gays entering Belize...
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Hearings conclude over homosexual travel ban in Caribbean
LGBTI rights activist Maurice Tomlinson provides this report on the final day of hearings at the Caribbean Court of Justice in connection with his case challenging the ban against gays entering Belize...
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Death threats won’t stop Jamaican LGBT advocate
Maurice Tomlinson addresses Quorum meeting. Maurice Tomlinson is one of the best-known LGBT rights advocates from Jamaica. His activism over the years has brought him death threats, so he now lives in...
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Activists go head-to-head with unaware Trinidad boosters
Journalist (right) gets a lesson from Maurice Tomlinson (left) during the Stand for Liberty on Aug. 28, 2015. (Photo courtesy of Maurice Tomlinson) The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is one of only...
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1 million visits to Erasing 76 Crimes blog in 2015
How many people are concerned about the human rights of LGBTI people? Here’s a hint: People have paid more than 1 million visits to the Erasing 76 Crimes blog so far this year — to be precise,...
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News in brief: Some bright spots, some trouble ahead
News items in this recap mostly were excerpted with slight modifications from two published round-ups of the world’s LGBTI-related news– UNAIDS’s Equal Eyes and ILGA’s LGBulleTIn. Trouble ahead:...
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Caribbean nations inch their way toward LGBTI rights
Map of the Caribbean shows Belize at center left and Trinidad and Guyana at lower right. (Map courtesy of CDC.gov) Homeless LGBT youths in Jamaica slept in a drainage culvert before police forced them...
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Despite his claims, Trinidad leader clings to anti-LGBT laws
The prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago claims that the government must protect its LGBT citizens, but he won’t work to repeal the Trinidadian laws that make same-sex intimacy a crime. Newsday of...
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Seeking LGBTI rights in Trinidad, finding them in Canada
David D.K. Soomarie (Photo courtesy of UNAIDSCaribbean.org) Advocacy on behalf of LGBTI residents of Trinidad and Tobago is a heartfelt concern of Trinidad activist David D.K. Soomarie, currently...
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Anti-LGBTI push at U.N. falls short
Electronic display shows the U.N. General Assembly vote Nov. 21 on an LGBTI rights expert. The voting was on an amendment to defang an anti-LGBTI proposal, so a vote in favor was a vote for keeping the...
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Legal challenge confronts Trinidad’s anti-gay laws
Jason Jones (Photo courtesy of St. Lucia Times) LGBTI rights activist Jason Jones has filed suit to overturn anti-gay laws in Trinidad and Tobago. On paper, under Trinidadian law, consensual...
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