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(Bridgetown, December 13, 2022) The Republic of Barbados is the latest Caribbean nation to declare unconstitutional, laws that discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. 

In a third case of historic precedent, The High Court of The Republic of Barbados, affirmed the constitutional rights of LGBTQ+ citizens by striking down the country’s buggery laws. 

ECADE, Equals and Butterfly Barbados applaud this decision on behalf of all LGBTQ+ people in Barbados and across the Caribbean, whose privacy and security will no longer be compromised by these outdated laws.

(Castries, August 29, 2022) In a second case of historic precedent, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis (St. Kitts and Nevis) has affirmed the constitutional rights of LGBTQ+ citizens by striking down the country’s buggery law. The Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality (ECADE) and the Saint Kitts Nevis Alliance for Equality (SKNAFE) welcome this repeal of anti-LGBTQ laws in St. Kitts and Nevis.

(St. John’s, Tuesday, 05 July, 2022) The High Court of Justice for Antigua and Barbuda today declared the laws which criminalise consensual, private sexual acts between persons above the age of consent to be unconstitutional. The Honourable Justice Marissa Robertson held that sections 12 and 15 of the Sexual Offences Act 1995, known as the buggery and serious indecency offences, contravene the Constitutionally guaranteed rights to liberty, protection of the law, freedom of expression, protection of personal privacy and protection from discrimination on the basis of sex. As of today, these laws are void..