Homosexuality in Grenada

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Geographical location of Grenada

Homosexuality is prohibited by law for men in Grenada. The country is slowly opening up to the topic and unlike most of the other former British colonies in the Caribbean , gay tourists are not threatened. Same-sex love is still hardly accepted by the vast majority of the island nation's population.

illegality

In Grenada , anal intercourse is punished according to Section 435 of the Criminal Code ( including heterosexual anal intercourse ) with a prison sentence of up to 10 years. The legal text is so vague ("If any two persons are guilty of unnatural connexion [sic], ..., every such person shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years.") That even human rights organizations declare that some sources point to it suggest that lesbian sexual acts are legal. In 2009, the director of the Grenada Caribbean HIV / AIDS Partnership (GrenCHAP), a non-governmental organization advocating for sexual minorities, prostitutes and other high-risk populations, stated that the law against homosexuality was "not being actively enforced".

Recognition of same-sex couples

Same-sex couples are not recognized either through registered partnerships or same-sex marriage .

Social situation

Grenada is one of the last 11 countries on the double continent of America where homosexuality is still sanctioned . In contrast to the other ten (all Commonwealth countries ), the country does not actively persecute homosexuals. The 2008 US Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices characterized Grenada society as "generally ... intolerant of homosexuality." Compared to European conditions, a negative assessment, but more favorable than statements about the other ten states with sodomy laws , such as Guyana , Belize , Jamaica , Barbados or Trinidad and Tobago , which are classified as homophobic countries.

Media reports that there was controversy in November 2007 over whether gay cruise ships should be allowed entry into Grenada. In a statement dated December 6, 2007, the Ministry of Tourism said that all visitors to Grenada are welcome, including homosexuals. At the same time, however, it was warned that the majority of people in Grenada have never come into contact with the “gay lifestyle” and that intimate acts in public are not tolerated by any couple.

Although there have been cases in the country where gays have been attacked with knives or pelted with bottles, threats and verbal harassment have been confronted, there has never been a gay murder, the director of GrenCHAP explained in 2009. According to him, GrenCHAP is the primary group that is actively committed to promoting gay and lesbian rights in Grenada.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c UNHCR (ed.): Grenada: Situation and treatment of homosexuals; state protection and support services (2006-2009) . ( unhcr.org ( memento of April 16, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) [accessed on April 28, 2012]).
  2. ↑ MSMGF: Directory Listing - GrenCHAP ( Memento of July 13, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed April 28, 2012.