Sexual Offences Act-
Trinidadian criminal code prohibits sex between two people of the same sex, as is the case in much of the English-speaking Caribbean.
Section 13 of the Sexual Offences Act 1986 criminalizes buggery. This section, strengthened in 2000,states:
(1) A person who commits buggery is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment
(a) if committed by an adult on a minor, for life;
(b) if committed by an adult on another adult, for twenty-five years;
(c) if committed by a minor, for five years.
(2) In this section buggery means sexual intercourse
per anum by a male person with a male person
or by a male person with a female person.
Section 16 relates to "serious indecency":
(1) A person who commits an act of serious indecency on or towards another is guilty of an offence and is
liable on conviction to imprisonment
(a) if committed on or towards a minor under sixteen years of age for ten years for a first offence and to
imprisonment for fifteen years for a subsequent offence;
(b) if committed on or towards a person sixteen years of age or more for five years.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an act of serious indecency committed in private between
(a) a husband and his wife; or
(b) a male person and a female person each of whom is sixteen years of age or more, both of whom consent to
the commission of the act.
(3) An act of serious indecency is an act, other than sexual intercourse (whether natural or unnatural), by a person involving the use of the genital or other organ for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire. (includes kissing and touching)
Sign this petition to DEMAND a review of the Sexual offense act of Trinidad and Tobago. Homosexual persons deserve rights, and deserve to be treated equally, homosexuality can NEVER be a crime as it harms NO ONE!
Seeing this grow has been heavy and humbling. The path ahead remains long and difficult but this momentum proves that we are no longer ignoring the injustice in our own laws.
3 Comments
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Marcus Walker
16 years ago
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Its 2018. Time to move past these old laws and treat everyone with respect like they deserve.
K
Kevin Tan
16 years ago
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What people do behind closed doors is their own business and the law has no place there. Ridiculous.
S
Sarah Warner
16 years ago
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TRULY DISGUSTING THAT THIS IS STILL A THING IN OUR COUNTRY. PEOPLE SHOULD BE FREE TO LOVE WHOEVER THEY WANT IN PRIVATE. FIX THIS NOW.
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Sexual Offences Act-
Trinidadian criminal code prohibits sex between two people of the same sex, as is the case in much of the English-speaking Caribbean.
Section 13 of the Sexual Offences Act 1986 criminalizes buggery. This section, strengthened in 2000,states:
(1) A person who commits buggery is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment
(a) if committed by an adult on a minor, for life;
(b) if committed by an adult on another adult, for twenty-five years;
(c) if committed by a minor, for five years.
(2) In this section buggery means sexual intercourse
per anum by a male person with a male person
or by a male person with a female person.
Section 16 relates to "serious indecency":
(1) A person who commits an act of serious indecency on or towards another is guilty of an offence and is
liable on conviction to imprisonment
(a) if committed on or towards a minor under sixteen years of age for ten years for a first offence and to
imprisonment for fifteen years for a subsequent offence;
(b) if committed on or towards a person sixteen years of age or more for five years.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an act of serious indecency committed in private between
(a) a husband and his wife; or
(b) a male person and a female person each of whom is sixteen years of age or more, both of whom consent to
the commission of the act.
(3) An act of serious indecency is an act, other than sexual intercourse (whether natural or unnatural), by a person involving the use of the genital or other organ for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire. (includes kissing and touching)
Sign this petition to DEMAND a review of the Sexual offense act of Trinidad and Tobago. Homosexual persons deserve rights, and deserve to be treated equally, homosexuality can NEVER be a crime as it harms NO ONE!
Seeing this grow has been heavy and humbling. The path ahead remains long and difficult but this momentum proves that we are no longer ignoring the injustice in our own laws.
3 Comments
M
Marcus Walker
16 years ago
Featured
Its 2018. Time to move past these old laws and treat everyone with respect like they deserve.
K
Kevin Tan
16 years ago
Featured
What people do behind closed doors is their own business and the law has no place there. Ridiculous.
S
Sarah Warner
16 years ago
Featured
TRULY DISGUSTING THAT THIS IS STILL A THING IN OUR COUNTRY. PEOPLE SHOULD BE FREE TO LOVE WHOEVER THEY WANT IN PRIVATE. FIX THIS NOW.
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Its 2018. Time to move past these old laws and treat everyone with respect like they deserve.