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Added on: 09/15/2020

Barbados to recognise same sex unions

09/15/2020

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)— The Barbados government has signalled its intention to recognise same sex relationships. Governor General Dame Sandra Mason, addressing the opening of a new term…

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Added on: 09/12/2020

Christian group threatens to hang gay people ‘in a loving way’ in leaked WhatsApp messages

09/11/2020

The LGBT+ community in the Cayman Islands is on high alert after leaked messages revealed a Christian group threatening to “hang one or two” gay people. The…

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Added on: 09/05/2020

Transgender people find refuge in Haitian Center

09/04/2020

The Kay Trans Haiti center located in the capital, Port-au-Prince, is funded by a Spanish healthcare company and the United Nations Development Program and provides lodging and…

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Added on: 09/05/2020

Civil partnerships now legal in the Cayman Islands

09/04/2020

Governor Martyn Roper assented to what is now called the Civil Partnership Law on Friday, paving the way for same-sex couples in the Cayman Islands to register…

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Added on: 08/22/2020

A London court has set a date to finally decide on same-sex marriage in Bermuda

08/21/2020

The final fate of same-sex marriage in Bermuda will be decided by a court in London – which has now set a date for the hearing. The…

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Added on: 08/07/2020

Cayman Islands Governor imposing DP bill, not same-sex marriage

08/06/2020

Governor Martyn Roper will push through the Domestic Partnership Bill, which was defeated in the Legislative Assembly last week, rather than legislation giving full marriage equality for…

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Added on: 08/01/2020

Cayman Islands fail to pass domestic partnership, making full marriage equality more likely

07/31/2020

The Cayman Islands have failed to pass a Domestic Partnership Bill – but that makes full marriage equality more likely. As GSN reported last week, the Domestic…

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Added on: 07/31/2020

El Salvador police sentenced in nation’s first trans murder convictions

07/30/2020

A court in El Salvador has sentenced three police officers to 20-year prison sentences for the murder of a transgender woman, the nation’s first convictions in a…

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Added on: 07/27/2020

Haitian Christians protest new law providing protections for LGBT community

07/27/2020

Several thousand members of Protestant churches demonstrated Sunday in Port-au-Prince against the country’s new criminal code, which they consider “immoral” because it penalizes discrimination based on sexual…

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Added on: 07/24/2020

In Haiti, More LGBT-friendly Penal Code Prompts Outcry from Pulpit

07/23/2020

An overhaul of Haiti’s penal code that punishes marriage officiants who refuse to perform same-sex weddings is provoking outcry among religious leaders in the socially conservative Caribbean…

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Added on: 07/23/2020

Gay, black and fast: Olympic hopeful swims against tide of homophobia in Jamaica

07/22/2020

Early in his budding career as a professional swimmer, Olympic hopeful Michael Gunning faced a regular putdown in the pool from snide schoolmates: “Black people don’t swim.”…

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Added on: 07/23/2020

Barbados invites same-sex couples to live on the island for a year

07/22/2020

Barbados, one of the smallest but most-visited Caribbean islands, recently announced it would allow foreigners to live and work remotely on its shores for 12 months in…

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Added on: 07/23/2020

Guatemala: Rights Official at Risk of Dismissal

07/22/2020

Members of Guatemala’s Congress should act swiftly to block the attempt by a number of lawmakers to remove the ombudsperson, Jordán Rodas, for supporting the rights of…

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Added on: 07/02/2020

Costa Rica Continues to Strive Towards Equality: Same-Sex Couples May Adopt Children

07/01/2020

Following the legalization of equal marriage, Costa Rica now offers same-sex couples the opportunity for joint adoption and guarantees the rights of children from homo-parental families. On…

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Added on: 07/01/2020

‘Work to do’ as coronavirus hits LGBT+ Jamaicans hard

06/30/2020

Paris Lewinsky has been taking hormones for almost a year and is starting to grow breasts. But the transgender Jamaican’s long-held dream of physically transitioning is now…

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Added on: 06/07/2020

History-making queer activist Caleb Orozco gives a rousing reminder that ‘giving up is not an option’

06/06/2020

In 2016, after a long fight from LGBT+ activists, gay sex was finally made legal in the Central American country of Belize. That change would never have…

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Added on: 06/04/2020

Costa Rica’s Progress on Marriage Equality Should Inspire the Region

06/03/2020

Costa Rica became the first Central American country to allow same-sex marriage on May 26. This is no small political feat in a country where the issue…

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Added on: 06/03/2020

Costa Rica: 82 same-sex couples have joined their lives and await registration of their marriages

06/02/2020

82 same-sex couples have joined their lives and hope that their marriages in the country will be registered very soon. This is confirmed by data provided by…

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Added on: 06/01/2020

Families are major source of abuse for gay women, trans people, report says

05/31/2020

Family members are often the main perpetrators of abuse against lesbians, bisexual women and transgender people, according to a major global report published on Monday. The study…

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Added on: 05/26/2020

Costa Rica Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

05/25/2020

Costa Rica legalized same-sex marriage on Tuesday, becoming the first Central American country to do so and sparking an emotional response from rights campaigners as the first…

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Added on: 05/22/2020

No medicine, no food: Coronavirus restrictions amplify health risks to LGBT+ people with HIV

05/22/2020

It started with headaches then came nausea and diarrhea. Within two weeks, gay Ugandan barber Eric had became so weak without his HIV medication he could not…

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Added on: 05/14/2020

Costa Rica lawmakers criticize efforts to delay gay marriage

05/13/2020

Lawmakers and government officials in Costa Rica on Wednesday chided fellow politicians trying to delay a landmark gay marriage ruling from taking effect, an effort which ended…

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Added on: 04/23/2020

The danger of being transgender in Latin America in times of quarantine

04/22/2020

The trend started on April 1 in Panama, when President Laurentino Cortizo announced that men and women can only leave their homes on different days in an…

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Added on: 04/19/2020

Gender Distancing: Some Latin American Countries Taking Radical Steps

04/18/2020

In a strong initiative to combat COVID-19, some of the Latin American nations have taken a step to promote social distancing, and that is to separate men…

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Added on: 04/09/2020

Gay congressman in Guatemala says indigenous people erased from coronavirus prevention campaign

04/08/2020

Guatemala’s first openly gay and HIV-positive congressman has warned indigenous people are being erased from the country’s coronavirus prevention campaign. Aldo Dávila accused Guatemala’s health department of…

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Added on: 04/07/2020

‘Social distancing’ is how LGBT people have always had to live

04/06/2020

As news reports with dire predictions about Covid-19 began to multiply exponentially, I quickly realized that the inevitable physical distancing required and resulting social isolation was not…

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Added on: 04/04/2020

Panama’s Gender-Based Quarantine Ensnares Trans Woman

04/03/2020

When Panama announced it would implement a gender-based quarantine schedule in response to COVID-19, transgender activists were alarmed. And with reason: on April 1, police detained a…

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Added on: 03/17/2020

The government of Bermuda is trying to ban same-sex marriage for the third time

03/16/2020

The government of Bermuda is trying to ban same-sex marriage for the third time, as it has been banned and then legalised on the island twice already….

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Added on: 03/14/2020

A British court ruling may change laws for LGBT+ people around the world

03/13/2020

Years of legal battles around same-sex marriage in Bermuda will come to a head 5,548kms away in London on 7 and 8 December this year. And the…

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Added on: 03/07/2020

Barbados: Regional approach to decriminalising homosexuality

03/06/2020

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) advocates in Barbados are working closely with their counterparts in Trinidad and Tobago to prove that changes to the country’s “discriminatory”…