By Black Star News
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The Caribbean island of St. Lucia has decriminalized gay sex among consenting adults–joining other Caribbean countries like: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Before this ruling, St. Lucia’s criminal code penalized “buggery” and “gross indecency” with prison sentences of upwards of 10 years. These laws have been on the books since the British colonial period.
The St. Lucia High Court’s decision comes after years of legal litigation by individual people and by advocacy groups like United and Strong and the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality.
In the ruling, the St. Lucia High Court stated that “public humiliation, vilification and even physical attacks on homosexuals would be a concomitant effect of the stigmatization created by the criminalisation of such conduct. It can hardly be said that such eventualities are in keeping with the dignity of certain categories of citizens and are in accordance with evolving standards of decency in a free and democratic society.”
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