LGBT rights in Trinidad and Tobago

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LGBTQ rights in Trinidad and Tobago
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Trinidad and Tobago
Status Legal since 2018
Gender identity No
Military No
Discrimination protections No
Family rights
Recognition of relationships No
Adoption No

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Trinidad and Tobago face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents. Households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same rights and benefits as that of opposite-sex couples.

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In April 2018, the Trinidad and Tobago High Court declared the country's buggery law unconstitutional, as it infringed on the rights of LGBT citizens and criminalised consensual sexual acts between adults. The law stipulated that those found guilty of buggery would be sentenced to 25 years in prison, while other sexual acts (such as oral sex) carried a 5-year sentence. In 2016, Prime Minister Keith Rowley said that "the State has a duty to not persecute citizens, regardless of whom they sleep with." [1]

Legality of same-sex sexual activity

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Recognition of same-sex unions in the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico
  Same-sex marriage
  Unregistered cohabitation
  Island subject to IACHR ruling
  No recognition of same-sex couples
  Constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
  Same-sex sexual activity illegal but penalties not enforced

The Trinbagonian Criminal Code prohibited anal sex and oral sex between any sexes before the judicial repeal of the prohibition in 2018.

Prior to 2018, Section 13 of the Sexual Offences Act 1986 (strengthened in 2000) criminalised "buggery", with 25 years imprisonment. Theoretically, the law punished oral and anal sex between heterosexuals as well. [2]

Enforcement

The Trinidad and Tobago Government had not targeted homosexuals under the "buggery" or "serious indecency" laws; however, in limited historical cases, individuals had been charged and convicted of these offences when coupled with other serious crimes. [3] [4] [5]

Decriminalisation efforts

On 21 February 2017, Trinidad-born LGBT activist Jason Jones filed a case before the High Court of Trinidad and Tobago seeking to have both Section 13 and Section 16 declared null and void. [6] [7] A hearing on the case took place on 30 January 2018. [8] [9] Prior to the judgment being delivered, evangelical groups urged the High Court to keep the buggery law intact, calling same-sex marriage "a cancer" and claiming that "God would visit his wrath upon Trinidad and Tobago and it would lead to more natural disasters and destruction." [10] They argued that if LGBT people were not criminals anymore, then this would violate their religious beliefs. [11]

The judgement was delivered by Justice Devindra Rampersad on 12 April 2018. Rampersad "repealed sections 13 and 16 of the Sexual Offenses Act" and ruled that the law violated the human rights to privacy and expression. [12] [13] He declared these two sections "unconstitutional, illegal, null, void, invalid and of no effect" and compared prejudices against gays to those against Blacks during apartheid and those against Jews during the Holocaust. [14] [15] LGBT activists outside the courthouse cheered when the decision was announced. [11] Later in the day, some LGBT supporters were physically attacked and beaten by anti-gay protesters. [16]

The ruling could serve as a precedent for other Caribbean island nations, including, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to decriminalise homosexuality. [15] LGBT activists in these countries also celebrated the ruling. [17]

A final judgment on how to deal with the now unconstitutional sections 13 and 16 was scheduled for July, but was later moved to 20 September. [18] At which time, it would be decided if they ought to be modified to remove parts pertaining to consenting adults or if they should be struck down in their entirety. Costs would also be decided. [19] [20] [21] On 20 September, Rampersad modified the two sections and introduced the concept of consent. Section 12 now reads: In this section "buggery" means sexual intercourse without consent per anum by a male person with a male person or by a male person with a female person, and Section 16 reads: A person who commits an act of serious indecency on or towards another is liable on conviction to imprisonment for five years... does not apply to an act of serious indecency committed in private between (a) a husband and his wife; (b) persons, each of whom is sixteen years of age or more, both of whom consent to the commission of the act... Rampersad also refused to give the state a 45-day stay to appeal. [22]

Nevertheless, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago has announced its intention to appeal the ruling to the Privy Council, based in London. [23] Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi said that "If you leave this matter simply at a High Court judgment level, you may run the risk of another High Court judge with a contradictory point of view. The government's role therefore is important in appeal so that the law ought to be settled." The state's appeal is set to be heard in the second half of 2019, with Appellate Judge Gregory Smith giving the Office of the Attorney General until May to file the record of appeal for the case. The Privy Council, however, could take three to four years to make a decision. [24] [25]

Recognition of same-sex relationships

Trinidad and Tobago does not recognize same-sex marriage or civil unions.

In July 2018, Justice Frank Seepersad of the San Fernando High Court approved an order to resolve a property dispute between two gay partners who had both a personal and a business relationship. Citing that equality before the law in property and inheritance matters should not vary between homosexual and heterosexual partners, Seepersad noted the unequal treatment under current law. The parties in the litigation before the court drafted a consensual arrangement to settle their property dispute. Had they not reached an agreement, Seepersad warned that the "court would have had to rely on the law of trusts and adopt innovative or radical applications to ensure that the common law was developed to determine what happens to property after the dissolution of a same-sex union". [26]

Adoption and parenting

Same-sex couples are unable to legally adopt in Trinidad and Tobago.

While not explicitly prohibited or regulated by law, the Barbados Fertility Centre, which has a clinic in Saint Augustine, offers IVF and artificial insemination treatments to lesbian couples and gestational surrogacy arrangements to gay male couples. [27]

Immigration ban

Under Section 8 of the Immigration Act, [28] homosexual men and women who are not citizens are not allowed to enter Trinidad and Tobago. However, this law is not known to have been enforced.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), entry into Trinidad and Tobago of the persons described in this subsection, other than citizens and, subject to section 7(2), residents, is prohibited, namely-
* * * *
(e) ... homosexuals or persons living on the earnings of ... homosexuals, or persons reasonably suspected as coming to Trinidad and Tobago for these or any other immoral purposes....

Enforcement

The law forbidding immigration is not known to have been enforced.

In 2007, a highly vocal campaign opposed British musician Elton John's entry into the country. This was led by the local Anglican Church, in particular Archdeacon Philip Isaac. [29] The Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago rejected the call to bar Elton John from entry, and the concert went ahead as planned in May 2007. [30]

Repeal efforts

A challenge by Jamaican activist Maurice Tomlinson was filed in 2013 to the immigration ban in both Trinidad and Tobago and Belize. Tomlinson asked Jamaica, his home country, to insist that the travel bans of these countries be removed based on CARICOM provisions for free movement of citizens of member countries. Jamaica refused, and Tomlinson petitioned the Caribbean Court of Justice asking leave to file the case with them directly. [31] In May 2014, Tomlinson was granted leave to challenge the immigration laws of both countries. [32] In October 2014, CARICOM joined the case as an interested party supporting Tomlinson's arguments. [33] On 18 March 2015, the challenge was heard with allegations that the immigration bans abridge the rights of free movement for Caribbean citizens contained in the Treaty of Chaguaramas. [34] [35] On 10 June 2016, the CCJ ruled that neither Trinidad and Tobago nor Belize had violated Tomlinson's freedom of movement, dismissing his case. As clarification, the judgment noted that neither state can ban homosexuals from CARICOM countries from entering their countries due to their treaty obligations, "notwithstanding their laws that ban the entry of gays". [36]

Public opinion

A poll conducted by the Vanderbilt University in 2010 found that 15.4% of the Trinbagonian population supported same-sex marriage. [37]

A UNAIDS survey conducted in 2013 found that 38% of people in Trinidad and Tobago believed that discrimination based on sexual orientation is unacceptable, while 16% considered themselves either accepting or tolerant of homosexuals. [38]

Public political statements on LGBT rights

In December 2012, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar responded to a letter protesting the country's anti-gay laws by stating,

With respect to the concerns raised in your letter regarding aspects of T&T's Sexual Offences Act and the Immigration Act which may target persons who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), I wish to assure you that due consideration is being given to these issues by my Government. I do not support discrimination in any form against any individual, regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation. I share your view that the stigmatisation of homosexuality in T&T is a matter which must be addressed on the grounds of human rights and dignity to which every individual is entitled under international law. As such I am pleased to inform you that I have mandated my Minister of Gender, Youth and Child Development, Senator the Honourable Marlene Coudray to prepare and present a national gender policy to Cabinet over the coming months. It is expected that once adopted, this policy will forge the way forward for T&T as my Government seeks to put an end to all discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation. [39]

In June 2016, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley responded on the question of protection for LGBT citizens:

I want to make it abundantly clear that every citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, regardless of who he or she may be, will have the protection of the written Constitution. All State agencies have a duty to protect every citizen of Trinidad and Tobago regardless of whom they sleep with. [40]

Social conditions

Trinidad and Tobago is considered a "relatively safe" destination for gay travellers. [41]

Activism

There are a few LGBT organisations in Trinidad and Tobago. The Coalition Advocating for Inclusion of Sexual Orientation (CAISO) was founded in 2009 due to a study carried out earlier in 2009 by the University of the West Indies for the Ministry of Social Developments which concluded that four of every five Trinbagonians believed in denying someone rights or equality based on one's sexual orientation. CAISO seeks to encourage public discussion on sexuality issues and include sexual orientation in legislative protections from discrimination. [41]

Other LGBT groups include I Am ONE Trinidad and Tobago, which seeks to address the needs of gender and sexual minorities by building community and providing safe spaces, education and expressive platforms for empowerment, the Silver Lining Foundation, which seeks to end bullying against LGBT youth and the Trinidad & Tobago's FreePride Foundation Project, which advocates for equality, human rights and well-being towards the marginalized non-heterosexual community. Trinidad and Tobago Transgender Coalition advocates on the behalf of transgender people.

Trinidad and Tobago organised its first pride parade on 27 July 2018 at the Nelson Mandela Park in Port of Spain. [42] Expressing his opinion on the march, Roman Catholic Archbishop Rev. Jason Gordon said: "TT is a democracy and as such members of society have a right to protest whenever they believe their rights are not being upheld or violated. (The) LGBT+ community has several areas where there is legitimate concern and these have to be taken seriously by the country and by the government and people of TT." [43]

Summary table

Same-sex sexual activity legal Yes check.svg (Since 2018)
Equal age of consent (18) Yes check.svg (Since 2018)
Anti-discrimination laws in employment X mark.svg
Anti-discrimination laws in the provision of goods and services X mark.svg
Anti-discrimination laws in all other areas (incl. indirect discrimination, hate speech) X mark.svg
Same-sex marriages X mark.svg
Recognition of same-sex couples X mark.svg
Stepchild adoption by same-sex couples X mark.svg
Joint adoption by same-sex couples X mark.svg
LGBT people allowed to serve openly in the military Yes check.svg
Right to change legal gender X mark.svg
Access to IVF for lesbians Yes check.svg [44]
Commercial surrogacy for gay male couples Yes check.svg / X mark.svg (Some clinics offer altruistic gestational surrogacy arrangements to gay couples) [27]
MSMs allowed to donate blood Yes check.svg (According to the Ministry of Health's website, prospective donors who have had male-to-male sexual intercourse are deferred for three (3) months after their last intimate encounter) [45]

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