Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Apr 23, 2024

#Dominica #HighCourtofJustice #strikesdown #sodomy #law

An #anonymous #gay #man in 2019 #challenged sections of the #country’s #SexualOffensesAct that #criminalized #analsex and “#gross #indecency” with up to 10 years and 12 years in #prison respectively. The #plaintiff argued the #provisions #violated his #constitutionalrights.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Caribbean #Dominica #Courts #Rulings #LoveWins

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/04/23/dominica-high-court-of-justice-strikes-down-sodomy-law/

Dominica High Court of Justice strikes down sodomy law

Gay man challenged statute in 2019

Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

#Dominica #HighCourt #overturns #ban on #consensual #samesex #relations.

#LGBTQ #activists #welcomed the #decision, hailing it as "a significant #milestone in the ongoing #struggle for #LGBTQrights in the #Caribbean".

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68880033

Dominica High Court overturns ban on same-sex relations

Activists welcomed the ruling as a "significant milestone" for LGBTQ rights in the Caribbean.

Apr 23, 2024 at 6:22pmWeb