LGBTQ activist triumphs over anti-sodomy law in Caribbean country.
Orden David, an LGBTQ activist from Antigua and Barbuda, challenged his country's anti-sodomy law and won in 2022. The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ruled the law unconstitutional, setting a precedent for other Caribbean islands. Since the ruling, St. Kitts & Nevis and Barbados have also struck down similar laws. However, same-sex consensual intimacy is still criminalized in six Caribbean countries. Discrimination against LGBTQ people persists in the Caribbean, with some conservative lawmakers and religious leaders opposing the abolition of anti-gay laws.