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Added on: 07/10/2023

Pride Association addresses homophobia in Tobago

07/09/2023

PRESIDENT of the Tobago Pride Association (TPA) Todd MJ Denoon believes homophobia is perhaps the biggest challenge confronting the island’s LGBTQI community. While combatting homophobia still remains…

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Added on: 02/19/2022

First transgender senator in Trinidad

2/18/22

Activist Jowelle De Souza made history on Tuesday as the first transgender person to be appointed a senator.De Souza was appointed a temporary Opposition senator in place…

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Added on: 04/15/2021

Promising Guyanese designer found murdered in Trinidad

04/14/2021

Police in Trinidad and Tobago are investigating the murder of 27-year-old Guyanese-born fashion designer, Marc Anthony Singh. The youth who moved to Trinidad several years ago, was…

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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: 05/22/2020

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: 01/12/2020

Activists welcome new gender-based police unit

01/11/2020

Head of the Institute of Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies, Dr Gabrielle Hosein, has welcomed the launch of a new Gender-Based Violence Unit…

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Added on: 09/11/2019

HIV/AIDS meeting: Reduce bias to reduce infection

09/10/2019

In order to create greater inter-regional collaboration to end HIV/AIDS by 2030, people must set aside their biases, stigmas and phobias to create an inclusive environment that…

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Added on: 04/30/2019

Hopeful signs for LGBT people in the Caribbean

04/28/2019

In the Caribbean, homophobia remains a problem, but LGBT people are seeing increased signs of public acceptance, including politicians coming out in support of their LGBT constituents….

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Added on: 04/13/2019

Women’s group: LGBT community faces sex, gender taunts

04/13/2019

Folade Mutota, executive director for the Women’s Institute for Alternative Development today said taunting about sex and gender was the most prevalent form of sexual harassment reported…

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Added on: 03/14/2019

Caribbean cricket lesson: ‘Nothing wrong with being gay’

03/12/2019

In the Caribbean, anti-gay slurs are less acceptable than they used to be. A star West Indies cricketer learned that the hard way last month. Umpires imposed…

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Added on: 01/21/2019

Dillian gets humanitarian protection

01/19/2019

“I feel vindicated.” That was the reaction of Dillian Johnson in an emailed response moments after he was told that he had been granted humanitarian protection by…

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Added on: 01/21/2019

Court Decisions on LGBT Rights Echo ‘A Wild Wish’

01/17/2019

More than two centuries ago Mary Wollstonecraft laid the foundations for feminist thought with a simple premise: lack of equal opportunity diminished individual self-worth and hobbled social…

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Added on: 02/01/2018

CariFLAGS

Caribbean Forum for Liberation and Acceptance of Genders and Sexualities (CariFLAGS) is a regional nonprofit based in Trinidad and Tobago made up of leading LGBTI NGOs across…