Topic
3 stories
Five judges in London ruled unanimously that Trinidad and Tobago's laws criminalising consensual sex between adults of the same sex are unconstitutional, ending Jason Jones's years-long fight and closing the savings-clause escape hatch.
A presidential and parliamentary vote is set for 13 December, the country's first in a decade. Organisers say elections have always been when homophobia spikes, and that this one arrives with gangs holding most of the capital.
Nearly a decade after Jason Jones first sued, Trinidad and Tobago's colonial-era 'buggery' laws are before the Privy Council in London — a ruling that could ripple across the conservative Caribbean.
