SASOD report condemns inertia of successive governments on LGBT matters

From left to right are Human Rights Co-ordinator of SASOD, Earnestine Leonard; Managing Director of SASOD, Joel Simpson and SASOD’s Board Secretary, Alana Da Silva.

A new report entitled `Guyana’s Voting Records and Responses on LGBT Human Rights Issues at International Fora’ which was commissioned by the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) has accused the government of an inconsistent record on issues and resolutions related to sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) and called on it to “turn its pro-LGBT rhetoric into action that is viable and meaningful.”

The report was released last Wednesday just  after the administration indicated to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) its intention to hold a referendum on the