Trinidad and Tobago could make legal history in the Caribbean this week by rolling back long-standing homophobic laws. Cuba legalised gay sex in 1979, as did the Bahamas in 1991 and the British Virgin Islands in 2001. Savings clauses, introduced to ease transition at the end of the colonial era, decreed that British laws could not be changed after independence. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LGBT activist Jason Jones has brought a case before the high court of Trinidad and Tobago. “But I’m not aware of any arrests for consensual sex.”Jones disputes the lack of arrests and believes decriminalising gay sex is an essential starting point.

Source: The Guardian April 07, 2018 19:30 UTC