Ban on Homosexuality Reinstated in Trinidad and Tobago

Ban on Homosexuality Reinstated in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago's Court of Appeals has reinstated a law criminalizing same-sex intimacy, saying only Parliament can overturn such laws.

Trinidad and Tobago Recriminalizes Homosexuality, All Citizens Subject to 5 Years in Prison for Anal Sex

News & OpinionThe LGBTQ + community in Trinidad and Tobago received a major blow to their rights after the Court of Appeal Justices Nolan Bereaux and Charmaine Pemberton overturned a 2018 ruling that struck down a law banning gay sex. The 196-page ruling which was carried out on March 25th recriminalizes acts of buggery (anal sexual intercourse) among consenting adults saying that only the  Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago can o…