Posts tagged “trinidad and tobago”

Trinidad and Tobago's anti-gay laws are why I can't live in the country I was born in. Jason Jones is taking the T&T government to court to overturn them, and he needs your help. Please donate to his campaign. I'll be matching donations on Twitter.

Trinidad's downtown Port of Spain traffic lights broke and got stuck on flashing yellow. Traffic actually improved. So they kept them that way permanently. That's home.

Here every creed and race Find an equal place and may God bless our nation (from The Trinidadian National Anthem) The Archdeacon of Tobago doesn't want Elton John to perform at the Plymouth* Jazz festival. Because he's not a jazz singer? No, because he's gay. And because Trinidad and Tobago is not so great at keeping its laws up to date and has altogether too many religions, there are still laws on the books against sodomy: passed as recently as 1986, the law provides for up to 10 years in prison for homosexual acts between consenting adults (but if you are a minor, and you commit the act, it's only five years... how lenient!). There's also another, much older law which prevents "self-confessed prostitutes and homosexuals" from entering the country, but I cannot find any record of it online. It doesn't look like this will really happen, of course. Gay rights has come a long way in Trinidad in recent years. But this kind of story just makes me want to weep for my stupid,...