A gay activist’s decade‑long legal fight has culminated in a landmark ruling by the UK‑based Privy Council, which overturned a 2025 decision that had reinstated criminal penalties for consensual anal sex in Trinidad and Tobago. The reversal follows a high‑court judgment that declared the nation’s colonial‑era “buggery” statutes unconstitutional. Legal experts say the decision could set a precedent for challenging similar anti‑gay laws across the Caribbean.
Jason Jones welcomes decision by privy council in London to overturn 2025 ruling that outlawed anal sexA gay man has won a historic 10-year battle against Trinidad and Tobago’s homophobic laws with a landmark UK appeals court ruling that could help overturn similar anti-gay laws in other Caribbean countries.The privy council, based in London, overturned a 2025 decision by Trinidad and Tobago’s court of appeal that recriminalised consensual anal sex, seven years after the Trinidadian activist Jason Jones secured a high court judgment declaring the country’s colonial-era “buggery” laws unconstitutional. Continue reading...
