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Barbados has officially decriminalized gay sex
The ruling was part of a “tidal wave” of Caribbean nations advancing LGBTQ+ rights.
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Caribbean court strikes down gay ban in Antigua & Barbuda
“This case will surely help spur further decriminalization across the Caribbean.”
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Caribbean activist faces death threats as he awaits ruling to overturn antigay laws
Activist Jason Jones has received death threats since filing the lawsuit but believes the fight must go on.
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Outrageous: Trump wants to cut $300 million in HIV/AIDS funding
The White House sent a document to Congress asking for funding cuts that could drastically harm people’s access to life-saving medications.
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Ashley Madison hack puts gay lives at risk
The hack exposes the names of users who live in places where homosexual is punishable by death.
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Castro’s daughter sponsors blessing of Cuban same-sex couples
Nearly two dozen gay couples held hands or embraced, some crying, as Protestant clergymen from the U.S. and Canada blessed them as part of official ceremonies leading up to the Global Day against Homophobia on May 17.
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Caribbean court hears challenge to two nations’ anti-gay laws
The lawsuit against Belize and Trinidad and Tobago is being heard by the Trinidad and Tobago-based court on Wednesday. It was not clear when the court might rule.
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Dominican government won’t recognize same-sex marriage performed at Embassy
The statement comes two days after the British embassy tweeted that a Dominican man and his British partner had exchanged vows in its Santo Domingo offices.
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Human rights group: LGBT Jamaicans targets of unchecked violence
KINGSTON, Jamaica — LGBT people are the targets of unchecked violence and discrimination in Jamaica, frequently refused housing or employment in the Caribbean country typically described as the region’s most hostile to LGBT citizens, a leading human rights group says in a report released Tuesday.
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Bahamas gay pride weekend cut short by death threats
An inaugural gay pride weekend in the Bahamas was cut short as members of the LGBT community abandoned the planned events “out of fear” of repercussions from irate members of the public, reported the Nassau Guardian. Event organizer Victor Rollins said he received death threats on his Facebook page after posting pictures Sunday of event attendees holding gay pride flags along with Bahamian flags on a beach.