PINK NEWS: Barbados scraps ‘buggery’ and ‘serious indecency’ laws in ‘resounding victory’ for LGBTQ+ people
It’s now hoped more countries, where being gay is still illegal, will follow in Barbados’ footsteps.
On Monday, 12 December, the High Court of Barbados further undid its colonial-era homosexuality laws by scrapping Sections 9 and 12 of the Barbados Sexual Offences Act.
Also known as “buggery” and “serious indecency” laws, which criminalised consensual same-sex intimacy, punishment ranged from life imprisonment under Section 9, and up to 10 years in jail under Section 12.
Chief executive of the Human Dignity Trust, Téa Braun, said: “This is a resounding victory for LGBT people in Barbados, which is the third country in the region to decriminalise through the courts this year. » | Chantelle Billson | Tuesday, December 13, 2022
