St kitts gay friendly

Homosexuality in Saint Kitts and Nevis is like homophobia&#;hidden and disguised behind smiles, dollars, pretty beaches and friendly hotels and restaurants. But the shadow side of gay experience in Saint Kitts & Nevis is not so adorable or nice.

Double Standard
Not unusual for a homophobic nation dependent on tourist dollars, Saint Kitts and Nevis (also known as St. Christopher and Nevis) in the Caribbean is two-faced about their anti-gay laws and their toothy welcome smiles.

The official line is: Section 56 and 57 of the &#;Offenses Against the Person Act&#; criminalizes male same-sex habit. But in characteristic reverse sexist discrimination, female to female sexual relationships are legal. The government claims that it received no official reports of force or discrimination based on sexual orientation.

However, more truthful unofficial reports indicated that this remains a problem. An LGBT minor was attacked (United States Department of State; Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and LaborCountry; Reports on Human Rights Practices for ) multiple times during the year,

‘Null and void’: Judge strikes down Saint Kitts anti-gay law

A top court for nine eastern Caribbean nations and territories has commanded that sexual orientation and homosexual activity are protected under the right to privacy, invalidating colonial-era laws that criminalised homosexual behaviour in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Anti-sodomy laws were challenged in court by Saint Kitts and Nevis Alliance for Equality (SKNAFE) and Jamal Jeffers, a same-sex attracted man, in January of last year according to Loop, a Caribbean news outlet.

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“This decision strongly establishes that a person’s sexuality should never be the basis for any discrimination. We welcome the recognition of this fact, one for which we have drawn-out advocated,” said Tynetta McKoy, the executive director of SKNAFE, according to Loop.

Gay people have faced discrimi

Most LGBTQ+ travelers would ponder that most, if not all, the Caribbean islands would be welcoming to our community because of its proximity to queer-friendly Mexico. However, some islands are not, and some are slowly making gradual policy changes.

High Courts in a few Caribbean islands – St. Kitts and Nevis, Barbados, and Antigua and Barbuda – have overturned anti-gay sex laws (buggery laws) that once made sexual relations between men a criminal offense and punishable by death.

Even though laws are changing, the Caribbean region is not as linear as Mexico and Core American countries, like Costa Rica. Vacationer Magazine urges all LGBTQ+ travelers to research any desired destination to determine if it is genuinely welcoming and a safe place for us to visit. With our community&#;s safety in mind, we wanted to compile a short list of Caribbean islands that you may want to consider when contemplating a warm-weather getaway to this sun-soaked region.

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GENEVA, 30 August —UNAIDS welcomes a St. Kitts and Nevis Lofty Court ruling that laws criminalizi

GENEVA, 30 August —UNAIDS welcomes a St. Kitts and Nevis Sky-high Court ruling that laws criminalizing gay sex are unconstitutional, essence that they are immediately struck from the legal code. The Court upheld the plaintiffs’ claim that Sections 56 and 57 of the Offences Against the Person Act violated the right to privacy and freedom of expression.

“This landmark ruling is an important step forward in ensuring equality and dignity for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans community in St. Kitts and Nevis and the whole Caribbean,” said Luisa Cabal, UNAIDS Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean. “Today, St. Kitts and Nevis joins a growing list of Caribbean nations that have overturned these colonial-era laws that deny people’s human rights and hold back the response to the HIV pandemic. Everyone benefits from decriminalisation.”