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| Region | Barbados |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment) |
| Start Date | Feb 13, 1992 |
| End Date | Dec 12, 2022 |
| Description | Sections 9 and 12 of Chapter 154 of the Sexual Offences Act criminalized homosexuality. Section 9 of the Act made buggery a criminal offence, punishable upon conviction by imprisonment for life. Section 12 of the Act made it an offence for a person to commit an act of serious indecency on or towards another person, or to incite another person to commit such an act with them or with someone else, punishable by up to 10 years’ imprisonment. |
| Sources | Sexual Offences Act Comes Into Effect On February 13th, 1992 https://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/684d7634-16d0-476a-b01d-c6d437b3346f/content Sexual Offences Act (1992) https://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/docs/ngos/lgbti2.pdf |
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edited by Unknownmiles. Fixing dates, description, and sources
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| Value | Male illegal, female legal | Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment) |
| Start Date | Mar 5, 2017 | Feb 13, 1992 |
| End Date | Sep 7, 2018 | Dec 12, 2022 |
| Description | 10 years to 16 years in prison. Not enforced. it is the next country that activists are working to get homosexuality Decriminalized. Decriminalization pending. Barbados held its first pride parade on July 24, 2018. | Sections 9 and 12 of Chapter 154 of the Sexual Offences Act criminalized homosexuality. Section 9 of the Act made buggery a criminal offence, punishable upon conviction by imprisonment for life. Section 12 of the Act made it an offence for a person to commit an act of serious indecency on or towards another person, or to incite another person to commit such an act with them or with someone else, punishable by up to 10 years’ imprisonment. |
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| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/23/shes-famous-barbados-and-lgbt-ally https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/interactive/2018/04/16/sexual-orientation-gender-identity-country-profiles#barbados https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/map/2018/03/15/map-eastern-caribbean https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/28/cheap-political-trick-barbados https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/07/24/barbados-first-pride-parade/ | Sexual Offences Act Comes Into Effect On February 13th, 1992 https://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/684d7634-16d0-476a-b01d-c6d437b3346f/content Sexual Offences Act (1992) https://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/docs/ngos/lgbti2.pdf |
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| Value | Male illegal, female uncertain | Male illegal, female legal |
| Description | 10 years to 16 years in prison. Not enforced. it is the next country that activists are working to get homosexuality Decriminalized. Decriminalization pending. Barbados held its first pride parade on July 24, 2018. Legalization proposed. | 10 years to 16 years in prison. Not enforced. it is the next country that activists are working to get homosexuality Decriminalized. Decriminalization pending. Barbados held its first pride parade on July 24, 2018. |
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- Newer law has been passed
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| Description | 10 years to life. Not enforced. it is the next country that activists are working to get homosexuality Decriminalized. Decriminalization pending. Barbados held its first pride parade on July 24, 2018. Legalization proposed. | 10 years to 16 years in prison. Not enforced. it is the next country that activists are working to get homosexuality Decriminalized. Decriminalization pending. Barbados held its first pride parade on July 24, 2018. Legalization proposed. |
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| Description | 10 years to life. Not enforced. it is the next country that activists are working to get homosexuality Decriminalized. Decriminalization pending. Barbados held its first pride parade on July 24, 2018. | 10 years to life. Not enforced. it is the next country that activists are working to get homosexuality Decriminalized. Decriminalization pending. Barbados held its first pride parade on July 24, 2018. Legalization proposed. |
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| Value | Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment) | Male illegal, female uncertain |
| End Date | Jul 24, 2018 | Aug 8, 2018 |
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| End Date | Jul 16, 2018 | Jul 24, 2018 |
| Description | 10 years to life. Not enforced. it is the next country that activists are working to get homosexuality Decriminalized. Decriminalization pending. | 10 years to life. Not enforced. it is the next country that activists are working to get homosexuality Decriminalized. Decriminalization pending. Barbados held its first pride parade on July 24, 2018. |
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| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/23/shes-famous-barbados-and-lgbt-ally https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/interactive/2018/04/16/sexual-orientation-gender-identity-country-profiles#barbados https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/map/2018/03/15/map-eastern-caribbean https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/28/cheap-political-trick-barbados | https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/23/shes-famous-barbados-and-lgbt-ally https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/interactive/2018/04/16/sexual-orientation-gender-identity-country-profiles#barbados https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/map/2018/03/15/map-eastern-caribbean https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/28/cheap-political-trick-barbados https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/07/24/barbados-first-pride-parade/ |
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| End Date | Jul 9, 2018 | Jul 16, 2018 |
| Description | 16 years in prison under chapter 154 of the 1992 Sexual Offences Act. Not enforced. it is the next country that activists are working to get homosexuality Decriminalized. Decriminalization pending. | 10 years to life. Not enforced. it is the next country that activists are working to get homosexuality Decriminalized. Decriminalization pending. |
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| End Date | Jul 7, 2018 | Jul 9, 2018 |
| Description | 10 years to life in prison. Not enforced.it is the next country that activists are working to get homosexuality Decriminalized. Decriminalization pending. | 16 years in prison under chapter 154 of the 1992 Sexual Offences Act. Not enforced. it is the next country that activists are working to get homosexuality Decriminalized. Decriminalization pending. |
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| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/23/shes-famous-barbados-and-lgbt-ally https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/map/2018/03/15/map-eastern-caribbean https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/28/cheap-political-trick-barbados | https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/23/shes-famous-barbados-and-lgbt-ally https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/interactive/2018/04/16/sexual-orientation-gender-identity-country-profiles#barbados https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/map/2018/03/15/map-eastern-caribbean https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/28/cheap-political-trick-barbados |
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| End Date | Apr 10, 2018 | Apr 13, 2018 |
| Description | 10 years to life in prison. Not enforced. Decriminalization pending. | 10 years to life in prison. Not enforced.it is the next country that activists are working to get homosexuality Decriminalized. Decriminalization pending. |
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| End Date | Mar 20, 2018 | Apr 10, 2018 |
| Description | life in prison. Not enforced. Decriminalization pending. | 10 years to life in prison. Not enforced. Decriminalization pending. |
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| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/23/shes-famous-barbados-and-lgbt-ally https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/28/cheap-political-trick-barbados | https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/23/shes-famous-barbados-and-lgbt-ally https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/map/2018/03/15/map-eastern-caribbean https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/28/cheap-political-trick-barbados |
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| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/23/shes-famous-barbados-and-lgbt-ally | https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/23/shes-famous-barbados-and-lgbt-ally https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/28/cheap-political-trick-barbados |
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| Sources | No | https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/23/shes-famous-barbados-and-lgbt-ally |
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| End Date | Feb 21, 2018 | Mar 20, 2018 |
| Description | life in prison. Not enforced. | life in prison. Not enforced. Decriminalization pending. |
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| Start Date | (unknown) | Mar 5, 2017 |
| End Date | Mar 5, 2017 | Sep 6, 2017 |
| Description | life in prison. | life in prison. Not enforced. |