Caribbean court overturns colonial-era gay sex ban in Saint Kitts and Nevis
The colonial-era law banning same-sex relations in Saint Kitts and Nevis has been overturned in a “landmark” ruling for the Caribbean country. On 29 August, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court upheld a motion by Jamal Jeffers, a gay man who challenged sections 56 and 57 of the Offences Against the Persons Act, which criminalised acts of “buggery” and “unnatural offences”. The court struck down two offending sections of the act, one of which reads: “Any person who is convicted of the abominable crime of buggery, committed either with mankind or…
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