National Assembly has to show courage on lesbian, gay rights – US Ambassador

US Ambassador Brent Hardt speaking at the event (US embassy photo)

The National Assembly and all parties represented therein have to show courage in standing up for the rights of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) communities and move to revamp antiquated laws, says US Ambassador to Guyana, D Brendt Hardt.

He was speaking at a media sensitization workshop on LGBT issues jointly sponsored by the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimi-nation (SASOD) and the US Embassy at Moray Hosue Trust on Saturday.

Prefacing his remarks with an assessment of the changing of attitudes towards the LGBT community,