For all of Caricom’s lofty goals involving regional integration, anti-gay laws reveal the extent of our fragmentation, geographical and ideological. At the 46th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads
A case brought by two members of the LGBT community, challenging the buggery and gross indecency laws in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), was dismissed by the High Court on Friday February, 16, 2024. Justice Esco Henry dismissed the case brought by Javin Johnson and Sean Macleish.
A case brought by a same sex couple challenging the buggery and gross indecency laws in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), was dismissed by the High Court on Friday February, 16, 2024. Justice Esco Henry dismissed the case brought by Javin Johnson and Sean Macleish, two gay Vincentian nationals living overseas.
In a controversial ruling, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' top court upheld anti-gay laws from British colonial times, spotlighting the enduring struggle for LGBTQ+ rights in the Caribbean and echoing similar legal battles across the region.