LGBT rights in Guyana (English Wikipedia)

"Constitution (Amendment Number 2) Bill No. 9 of 2003". Government Information Agency. 18 July 2003. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2009.

globalvoices.org

Guyana's LGBT community hosts its first ever gay pride parade, Global Voices, 18 June 2018

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"Referendum to decide legality of homosexuality". Guyana Chronicle. 20 April 2017.
"CCJ to hear oral arguments in cross-dressing case today". Guyana Chronicle. Georgetown, Guyana. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
Rahim, Gibron (30 June 2019). "Introducing EQUAL Guyana". Guyana Chronicle.
"LGBT acceptance increases in Guyana". Guyana Chronicle. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2023.

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"CCJ to hear cross dressing appeal case today". Guyana Times. Georgetown, Guyana. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

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James, Westmin R. A. (2018). "In search of progress: The implications of Caleb Orozco v. AG of Belize for the Commonwealth Caribbean". International Journal of Human Rights. 22 (5): 640–663. doi:10.1080/13642987.2017.1408590. S2CID 149124492.

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This Alien Legacy: The Origins of "Sodomy" Laws in British Colonialism. Human Rights Watch. 17 December 2008.

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ILGA World; Lucas Ramón Mendos; Kellyn Botha; Rafael Carrano Lelis; Enrique López de la Peña; Ilia Savelev; Daron Tan (14 December 2020). State-Sponsored Homophobia report: 2020 global legislation overview update (PDF) (Report) (14th revised ed.). Geneva: ILGA. pp. 127–128. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2020.

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Staples, Louis. "What Trinidad and Tobago's historic gay sex ruling means for LGBT+ rights worldwide". Indy100. The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018.

inewsguyana.com

"Christian Fellowship against LGBT 'pride' parade, calls for Govt intervention". iNews Guyana. 1 June 2018.
"Suspect in attack on Joel Simpson turns himself in". iNews Guyana. 9 July 2019.

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"Guyana: Treatment of homosexuals and state protection available to them (2004 - September 2006)", Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, 20 October 2006 Archived 15 January 2013 at archive.today

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"Homosexuals can adopt, be foster parents, guardians – CPA Director". 16 December 2015.

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Burham, Margaret (1 April 2004). "Saving Constitutional Rights from Judicial Scrutiny: The Savings Clause in the Law of the Commonwealth Caribbean". University of Miami Inter-American Law Review. 36 (2): 249–269. PDF —via University of Miami Law School Institutional Repository
Burnham, Margaret A. (2005). "Saving Constitutional Rights from Judicial Scrutiny: The Savings Clause in the Law of the Commonwealth Caribbean". University of Miami Inter-American Law Review. 36 (2). Coral Gables, Florida: University of Miami Law School Institutional Repository: 249–269. ISSN 2328-4242. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

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"PERSONNEL POLICY OF THE GUYANA DEFENCE FORCE" (PDF). Retrieved 10 November 2024.

mola.gov.gy

"Chapter 008:01", Criminal Law (Offences) Act (PDF), Ministry of Legal Affairs, Government of Guyana, p. 184^{[dead link‍]}

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Loutoo, Jada (28 June 2018). "CCJ reserves ruling in Guyanese transgender appeal". Port of Spain, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

newsroom.gy

"Police uses discriminatory laws to extort LGBT persons- SASOD". Newsroom.gy. 16 May 2019.
"Pride parade promotes equal rights for LGBT persons". Newsroom.gy. 2 June 2019.

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"Rights Groups believe referendum on anti-gay laws will only fuel more homophobia". News Source Guyana. 24 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
"Gay Rights Activist, Joel Simpson, beaten in an alleged homophobic attack". News Source Guyana. 16 June 2019.

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"Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women reviews the report of Guyana". OHCHR. 12 July 2019.

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Cherubini, Elena (10 May 2017). "Guyana will not hold referendum to repeal anti-LGBT laws". PinkNews.
"Transgender activists in Guyana are fighting against archaic laws". 26 March 2017.
Activists take to streets for Guyana’s first LGBT Pride parade, PinkNews, 4 June 2018

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"Minister Amna Ally pledges to be driving force to end discrimination against LGBT persons". SASOD. 27 September 2016. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

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James, Westmin R. A. (2018). "In search of progress: The implications of Caleb Orozco v. AG of Belize for the Commonwealth Caribbean". International Journal of Human Rights. 22 (5): 640–663. doi:10.1080/13642987.2017.1408590. S2CID 149124492.

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Wilkinson, Bert (4 April 2012). "Guyana seeks public opinion on controversial laws". The Salt Lake Tribune. Associated Press.

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"CCJ rules in favour of transgender women". Stabroek News. Georgetown, Guyana. 13 November 2018. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
Yes to Guyana’s First Gay Pride Parade – A Letter to my Daughter, and a response to Ms. Bernice Walcott, Stabroek News, 4 June 2018
"Local LGBTQ community celebrates another year of Pride with city parade". Stabroek News. 2 June 2019.
"New organisation to use art to empower LGBTQ community". Stabroek News. 20 May 2019.
Bacchus, Sharda (20 June 2019). "SASOD's Joel Simpson calls for hate crimes legislation for victims, defenders". Stabroek News.
"Social Protection Ministry condemns attack on Joel Simpson". Stabroek News. 30 June 2019.
"Court of Appeal reduces jail term for killer of GTM executive". Stabroek News. 25 July 2019.
Bhagirat, Lakhram (29 September 2022). "Majority of Guyanese accept or tolerate LGBTQ persons, study finds". Stabroek News. Retrieved 12 April 2023.

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""Intercountry Adoption: Guyana", Bureau of Consular Affairs, United States Department of State, September 2010". Archived from the original on 23 November 2013.

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Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (2023). 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Guyana (Report). United States Department of State. Section 6. Discrimination and Societal Abuses.

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CADRES (2013), Attitudes Toward Homosexuals in Guyana 2013 (PDF), Caribbean Development Research Services Inc., archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2023, retrieved 19 February 2021

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"UF Digital Collections". ufdc.ufl.edu. Retrieved 12 April 2023.

unaids.org

"Guyana's transgender community calls for protection under anti-discrimination laws". www.unaids.org. 28 February 2022.

vanderbilt.edu

Lodola, Germán; Corral, Margarita (2010), "Support for Same‐Sex Marriage in Latin America" (PDF), AmericasBarometer Insights, vol. 2010, no. 44, pp. 1–9, p. 2: At the other extreme, El Salvador, Guyana, and Jamaica (where sexual acts between men are punishable with jail) show the lowest levels of support: 10.3, 7.2, and 3.5 units, respectively. [Note: 95% Confidence Interval (design-effects based).] (Link for Spanish version.)
Responses were given based on a 1‐10 scale, where '1' meant "strongly disapprove" and '10' meant "strongly approve." These responses were then recalibrated on a 0–100 basis to conform to the LAPOP standard [...] Around 1,500 respondents were interviewed face-to-face ...
Espinal, Rosario; Morgan, Jana; Boidi, María Fernanda; Zechmeister, Elizabeth J. (November 2017), Cultura Política en la Democracia en la República Dominicana y en las Américas, 2016/17: Un estudio comparado sobre democracia y gobernabilidad [Political Culture of the Democracy of the Dominican Republic and in the Americas, 2016/17: A comparative study on democracy and governance] (PDF) (in Spanish), Latin American Public Opinion Project, p. 132, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2022

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Staples, Louis. "What Trinidad and Tobago's historic gay sex ruling means for LGBT+ rights worldwide". Indy100. The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018.
ILGA World; Lucas Ramón Mendos; Kellyn Botha; Rafael Carrano Lelis; Enrique López de la Peña; Ilia Savelev; Daron Tan (14 December 2020). State-Sponsored Homophobia report: 2020 global legislation overview update (PDF) (Report) (14th revised ed.). Geneva: ILGA. pp. 127–128. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2020.
Denis Scott Chabrol (19 February 2012). "Caribbean plans regional approach to abolish gay laws". Demerara Waves Media. Archived from the original on 29 April 2012.
"Guyana's gay rights organisation preparing for parliamentary select committee" Demara Waves. Archived 13 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
"Rights Groups believe referendum on anti-gay laws will only fuel more homophobia". News Source Guyana. 24 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
""Intercountry Adoption: Guyana", Bureau of Consular Affairs, United States Department of State, September 2010". Archived from the original on 23 November 2013.
Loutoo, Jada (28 June 2018). "CCJ reserves ruling in Guyanese transgender appeal". Port of Spain, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
"CCJ rules in favour of transgender women". Stabroek News. Georgetown, Guyana. 13 November 2018. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
"Constitution (Amendment Number 2) Bill No. 9 of 2003". Government Information Agency. 18 July 2003. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
"Minister Amna Ally pledges to be driving force to end discrimination against LGBT persons". SASOD. 27 September 2016. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
Members of the Human Rights Institute Fact-Finding Project (May 2018), Trapped: Cycles of Violence and Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons in Guyana (PDF), Georgetown, Washington DC: Georgetown Law Human Rights Institute, archived from the original on 23 April 2023
CADRES (2013), Attitudes Toward Homosexuals in Guyana 2013 (PDF), Caribbean Development Research Services Inc., archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2023, retrieved 19 February 2021
Espinal, Rosario; Morgan, Jana; Boidi, María Fernanda; Zechmeister, Elizabeth J. (November 2017), Cultura Política en la Democracia en la República Dominicana y en las Américas, 2016/17: Un estudio comparado sobre democracia y gobernabilidad [Political Culture of the Democracy of the Dominican Republic and in the Americas, 2016/17: A comparative study on democracy and governance] (PDF) (in Spanish), Latin American Public Opinion Project, p. 132, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2022

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Burnham, Margaret A. (2005). "Saving Constitutional Rights from Judicial Scrutiny: The Savings Clause in the Law of the Commonwealth Caribbean". University of Miami Inter-American Law Review. 36 (2). Coral Gables, Florida: University of Miami Law School Institutional Repository: 249–269. ISSN 2328-4242. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

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PACKED ‘PRIDE FESTIVAL’ RETURNS IN JUNE, retrieved 12 April 2023
WITH GYRATION, HIGH ENEGY AND RENEWED CALLS FOR EQUALITY - PRIDE PARADE 2022 RETURNS, retrieved 12 April 2023^{[dead link‍]}