Caricom leaders urged to ‘guarantee’ rights of gay, lesbian persons

SASOD supported a statement drafted at the 41st Organisation of American States (OAS) General Assembly urging Caricom leaders to guarantee the human rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) persons and address homophobia in the region.

According to a press release, Jermaine Grant represented the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrim-ination (SASOD) at the June 5-7 meeting held in San Salvador, El Salvador. Grant and other human rights defenders from the Anglophone Caribbean drafted a statement which was issued to government