Caribbean Prejudice Violates Gays at OAS

This document was circulated with as much Caribbean ambassadors as possible. The content can be seen below:

•       11 Caribbean countries still
  criminalize consenting adult same-gender intimacy.

•       2 countries ban entry of homosexuals.

•       1 country imposes life sentence for
  consenting adult same-gender intimacy.

•       Homophobia contributes to the Caribbean
  having the second highest HIV and AIDS prevalence and incidence rates.

•       There are no protections for domestic
  violence committed against LGBTI persons by their intimate partners or their
  families. 

•       Lesbian and bisexual women are
  invisible from any government data produced in the Caribbean.

1.  Condemning
   all forms human rights violations against LGBTI persons; and 
2.  Immediately
   taking steps to end all forms of discrimination against LGBTI persons.