St. Vincent Court Upholds Laws Criminalizing Gay Sex

The Associated Press reports: A top court in St. Vincent and the Grenadines upheld laws on Friday that criminalize gay sex, a blow to activists who have long decried the violence the LGBTQ+ community has faced on the conservative Caribbean archipelago. The ruling by St. Vincent’s High Court stems from a 2019 case filed by … The post St. Vincent Court Upholds Laws Criminalizing Gay Sex appeared first on Joe.My.God..

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St. Vincent Court Upholds Laws Criminalizing Gay Sex

The Associated Press reports:

A top court in St. Vincent and the Grenadines upheld laws on Friday that criminalize gay sex, a blow to activists who have long decried the violence the LGBTQ+ community has faced on the conservative Caribbean archipelago.
The ruling by St. Vincent’s High Court stems from a 2019 case filed by two gay men from St. Vincent who live in the U.K. and U.S. They sought to strike down colonial-era laws that call for 10 years in prison for anal intercourse and five years for “gross indecency” with another person of the same sex.
Along with St. Vincent and the Grenadines, there are five other Caribbean nations with laws criminalizing gay sex. They are St. Lucia, Dominica, Jamaica, Guyana and Grenada.

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St. Vincent and the Grenadines gained independence from Britain in 1979 but remained a Commonwealth member. The country consists of 32 islands, nine of which are inhabited.