Laws need broader interpretation to protect LBT women

Guyana’s laws need broader interpretations to extend anti-discrimination protections to Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (LBT) women, who in many cases don’t seek legal redress out of fear that they will be denied justice.

This was noted at a public forum on “Gender Equality and Sexual Rights in Guyana,” hosted last Thursday at Moray House by Red Thread, Stella’s Sisterhood for Service and Support (S4) Foundation, the Guyana Rainbow Foundation (GuyBow) and the  Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD).

The Guyana Association of Women Lawyers, the forum was told,