It’s Pride month globally and in the United States, it’s also Caribean-American Heritage month. What a perfect time to pair those two events by having an LGBTQ Caribbean Pride-themed podcast where globally-Acclaimed Jamaican author Nicole Dennis-Benn speaks about her best selling fiction book Patsy with Roxane Gay. Part of our…
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Book of Cinz celebrates Caribbean LGBTQ Authors for Pride Month
It was an Instagram post, where Cindy Allman, creator of brand Book of Cinz- A Caribbean Girl, Reading The World on the mission To encourage people to #ReadCaribbean – went Team Rainbow for Pride Month. She said “I wanted to highlight some of my Caribbean books that are written by…
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Caribbean lawsuit challenges St. Vincent’s anti-gay law
The Caribbean island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is the focus for the latest in a continuing series of legal challenges to anti-gay laws inherited from the region’s colonial past. St. Vincent anti-gay law challenged Two gay men filed court proceedings to challenge St Vincent and the Grenadines’…
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Gay men file legal challenge to homosexuality laws in ST Vincent and the Grenadines
Two gay men, on Friday, filed court proceedings to challenge St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ “buggery” and “gross indecency” laws, which criminalise homosexuality. Both men, who have been advised by Jeremy Johnson QC and Peter Laverack of 5 Essex Court, assert that these laws strip their dignity and autonomy. They…
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Bermuda Pride 2019 Has ‘Officially’ Launched
Bermuda Pride 2019 has officially launched, with Bermuda’s first ever LGBTQI+ Pride celebration set to take place on Saturday, August 31st under a theme of ‘We Belong’. A spokesperson said, “Bermuda Pride 2019 has officially launched in Hamilton. Bermuda’s first ever LGBTQI+ Pride celebration will take place on Saturday, August…
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Trinidadian LGBT activist makes history
TRINIDAD-BORN gay rights activist Jason Jones is carded to speak about his legal battle against laws against homosexuality in Trinidad and Tobago in the Parliament of the United Kingdom today. ‘It is an historic moment for me in my 30-year history as an LGBTQ activist and is the first time…
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Jamaica Growing More Tolerance Towards LGBT Community, Survey Shows – Westmoreland Ranked Most Tolerant Parish
Tolerance of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender, LGBT, community is on the rise in Jamaica. That’s according to a survey commissioned by the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexual and Gays, J-FLAG. The survey, which was done last December, found 25% of Jamaicans to be tolerant to the LGBT community….
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Jamaica among 71 nations to face US pressure over anti-gay laws – report
Although Iran is its main target, Jamaica could be among 71 countries that will come under increasing pressure from the Trump administration over their anti-gay stance, according to international media reports. While gays and lesbians face the risk of a death sentence in countries like Iran, an arch enemy of…
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Want to know a few Caribbean American LGBTQIA Artists, Activists, and writers? Check this out
Kareem Ferguson, Director/Writer/Actor/Producer of multi-award winning short film @GAYBABYFILM 
decided to celebrate Caribbean-American Artists, Activists, and writers on his Instagram Channel. And we’re so here for it. Watch the trailer for Kareem’s GayBabyFilm here.
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Barbados Govt given three months to answer challenge to anti-same sex laws
The western hemisphere’s human rights tribunal has given Barbados three months to answer a petition to have its laws against same-sex intimacy struck down. The challenge to the laws, filed by a trans woman, Alexa Hoffmann, and two other Barbadians, a lesbian and a gay man, has been reviewed by…
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Gay man challenges Dominica’s anti-LGBT laws
A newly filed lawsuit seeks to overturn Dominica’s anti-gay law, building on the global push for decriminalisation of LGBT people. If successful, the suit will eliminate one of the last remaining anti-sodomy laws in the Western Hemisphere. A gay man, who must remain anonymous for his own protection, has today…
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Didi Winston recognized as ‘icon’ in Barbados LGBT community
Prominent figure within the local LGBT community, Didi Winston, was honoured with the 2019 LGBTQ+ Visibility Award over the weekend at the Pride Parade. The Parade was staged in Bridgetown for the second consecutive year and was supported by approximately 200 members of the community and allies. The award was presented by the Barbados…
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Barbados is Celebrating Pride and Didi Winston, a Bajan trans pioneer, LGBTQ activist, is their flag-waving champion.
This piece is part of the Legacies issue, a special Pride Month series from Outward, Slate’s home for coverage of LGBTQ life, thought, and culture. Read an introduction to the issue here. Flag-waving at Carnival is a Caribbean art form steeped in tradition, with flag-bearers sometimes referred to as “the forgotten soldiers of…
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Lesbian couple celebrates after same-sex marriage legalised in the Cayman Islands
A couple is celebrating being able to wed after same-sex marriagewas legalised in the Cayman Islands. The ruling on Friday came after a court case brought by British-born Vickie Bodden Bush and Caymanian Chantelle Day. The pair, who adopted a daughter together in England, had been refused a marriage licence in April…