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OP is confused as fukk, gotta toss it to mental illness.
He should really fukk off and need not concern himself with what Africans in Africa are up to
Told you! 
Barbados’ top court strikes down laws that criminalize gay sex
Barbados scraps laws banning same-sex acts
Barbados scraps laws banning same-sex acts
9 hours ago
Young female couple hugging with rainbow scarf at pride eventGetty Images
The High Court in Barbados has struck out colonial-era laws that criminalised gay sex.
The previous laws, while rarely invoked, demanded a life sentence for those found guilty of having consensual same-sex relations.
Barbados is the third Caribbean nation to make similar reforms this year.
Activists and members of the LGBTQ+ community who have fought for the change welcomed this week's ruling, saying it promoted privacy and freedom.
Local advocacy group Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality (Ecade) said on Twitter the ruling "consolidates the rights of all Barbadians to privacy and freedom of expression, and impacts LGBTQ+ people across the eastern Caribbean".
Two LGBTQ+ advocates in Barbados filed the case, in partnership with local organisations, including Ecade.
In a statement, Barbados attorney general Dale Marshall said Justice Michelle Weekes issued the ruling on Monday, concluding that two sections of the 1992 Sexual Offences Act were unconstitutional.
"In short, [the ruling means] we can no longer prosecute persons under these two sections," he said, adding that charges for offences relating to consensual gay sex could no longer be maintained.
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Written reasons for the decision in the case were not expected for a few weeks, Mr Marshall said.
"This is a huge win for the community and for Barbados. This has been years of work and that work still continues," Rene Holder-McLean Ramirez, who helped bring forward the claim, said.
Earlier this year, courts in the Caribbean have found similar laws to be unconstitutional in Antigua and St. Kitts and Nevis.
"We are very pleased with the result of this case, which is a result of years of advocacy efforts by the community organizations as well as the litigants," Michael Rapley, a member of the NGO Equals, told Reuters.
"This is a step in the right direction for the protection of LGBTQ+ people in Barbados as we continue to ensure stigma-free access to services and positive inclusion in society."
This "historic" ruling was described as "a significant step towards protecting the human rights and dignity of LBGT people in Barbados," according to Luisa Cabal, of the joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS.
She added that it "will also strengthen the country's HIV response by helping to reduce stigma and discrimination faced by LGBT people and increasing the uptake of HIV testing, treatment and prevention services".
At least 66 countries in the world still criminalise gay sex, according to Human Rights Watch.
Barbados’ top court strikes down laws that criminalize gay sex
Barbados scraps laws banning same-sex acts
Barbados scraps laws banning same-sex acts
9 hours ago
Young female couple hugging with rainbow scarf at pride eventGetty Images
The High Court in Barbados has struck out colonial-era laws that criminalised gay sex.
The previous laws, while rarely invoked, demanded a life sentence for those found guilty of having consensual same-sex relations.
Barbados is the third Caribbean nation to make similar reforms this year.
Activists and members of the LGBTQ+ community who have fought for the change welcomed this week's ruling, saying it promoted privacy and freedom.
Local advocacy group Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality (Ecade) said on Twitter the ruling "consolidates the rights of all Barbadians to privacy and freedom of expression, and impacts LGBTQ+ people across the eastern Caribbean".
Two LGBTQ+ advocates in Barbados filed the case, in partnership with local organisations, including Ecade.
In a statement, Barbados attorney general Dale Marshall said Justice Michelle Weekes issued the ruling on Monday, concluding that two sections of the 1992 Sexual Offences Act were unconstitutional.
"In short, [the ruling means] we can no longer prosecute persons under these two sections," he said, adding that charges for offences relating to consensual gay sex could no longer be maintained.
Antigua's ban on same-sex acts unconstitutional
The region which legislates who you can love
Written reasons for the decision in the case were not expected for a few weeks, Mr Marshall said.
"This is a huge win for the community and for Barbados. This has been years of work and that work still continues," Rene Holder-McLean Ramirez, who helped bring forward the claim, said.
Earlier this year, courts in the Caribbean have found similar laws to be unconstitutional in Antigua and St. Kitts and Nevis.
"We are very pleased with the result of this case, which is a result of years of advocacy efforts by the community organizations as well as the litigants," Michael Rapley, a member of the NGO Equals, told Reuters.
"This is a step in the right direction for the protection of LGBTQ+ people in Barbados as we continue to ensure stigma-free access to services and positive inclusion in society."
This "historic" ruling was described as "a significant step towards protecting the human rights and dignity of LBGT people in Barbados," according to Luisa Cabal, of the joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS.
She added that it "will also strengthen the country's HIV response by helping to reduce stigma and discrimination faced by LGBT people and increasing the uptake of HIV testing, treatment and prevention services".
At least 66 countries in the world still criminalise gay sex, according to Human Rights Watch.
Barbados’ top court strikes down laws that criminalize gay sex
Third nation in conservative Caribbean region to do so this year, in pivotal moment for those who have long fought against such laws
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Barbados’ top court strikes down laws that criminalize gay sex
Third nation in conservative Caribbean region to do so this year, in pivotal moment for those who have long fought against such laws
A beach in Bridgetown, Barbados.
A beach in Bridgetown, Barbados. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images
A top court in Barbados has struck down colonial-era laws that criminalize gay sex, becoming the third nation in the conservative Caribbean region to do so this year.
The ruling issued Monday by the Barbados high court is a pivotal moment for activists and non-profit organizations who have long fought against such laws on the eastern Caribbean island, including one that demands up to a life sentence for gay men found guilty of having sex.
“It’s gone from a certain ripple effect to a tidal wave in the Caribbean, which is what everyone involved set out to achieve,” said Téa Braun, chief executive of the London-based Human Dignity Trust, a human rights organization.
While the laws were rarely invoked, they signal that LGBTQ+ people are criminal and lesser citizens, Braun said.
“The striking down of the laws reverses that and overnight tells the entire society that this is consensual contact and that what people choose to do with their private relationships is not the business of the law,” she said in a phone interview.
Several Christian churches and organizations across the Caribbean have opposed the abolition of such laws, with support from some political leaders who invoke God in their arguments.
Braun said there are now only six remaining countries in the Americas with similar laws, including Guyana, Grenada, Dominica, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Jamaica, where members of the LGBTQ+ community have fled following violent attacks. A case in St Lucia is pending. Earlier this year, Caribbean courts have found such laws in Antigua & Barbuda and St Kitts and Nevis unconstitutional.
Worldwide, 67 jurisdictions criminalize private, consensual same-sex activities, down from more than 80 a decade ago, Braun said.
The Barbados high court issued only an oral ruling saying it found such laws unconstitutional, and will not release a written judgment detailing its reasons until late January. It wasn’t immediately clear if the government planned to appeal. Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley is considered an ally of the LGBTQ+ community and once called for abolishing the laws when she was the island’s attorney general.
The case in question was filed by two LGBTQ+ advocates in Barbados with the support of local organizations including the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality, Inc, which said the court’s decision “consolidates the rights of all Barbadians to privacy and freedom of expression”.
“The striking down of these laws doesn’t solve all problems of course,” Braun said, noting that the LGBTQ+ community still faces violence and discrimination. “The dismantling of these laws is the first major step, but not the last step.”
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We got proof of homosexuality in the animal kingdom where there is no colonization and dudes still insist on wasting time arguing about what region of the world "invented" it.