Guyana - GlobalGayz

English-speaking Guyana is one of the four non-Spanish-speaking territories on the continent, along with the countries of Brazil (Portuguese), Suriname (Dutch) and the French overseas region of French Guiana (French). Culturally, Guyana associates primarily with the English-speaking Caribbean countries such as Jamaica, or Trinidad and Tobago. According to the penal code of Guyana "indecent behavior" committed by men, either in a public or private sphere, will be punished with imprisonment for up to 2 years. For attempted anal sex the punishment is 10 years and for anal sex life imprisonment is possible.

Name: Guyana

Population: 859000

Capital: Georgetown - Pop. 320000

Area: 212834 sq. km/ sq. miles

Language: English

Religion: Christianity, Hindu, others

Status of Homosexuality: Illegal

Telephone Country Code: 592

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New NGO launched to aid in human rights advocacy, 2019/Aug/02

LGBTQ Coalition launches third Guyana Pride Festival, 2019/May/19

Police uses discriminatory laws to extort LGBT persons- SASOD, 2019/May/16

SASOD Observes 15 Years As Human Rights Organization, 2018/Dec/22

Court strikes down Guyana law banning trans people dressing according to their gender, 2018/Nov/13

Activists take to streets for Guyana’s first LGBT Pride parade, 2018/Jun/04

Guyana, Jamaica differ on putting LGBT rights to a vote, 2017/Jun/19

Guyana will not hold a referendum to decriminalise homosexuality, despite widespread reports, 2017/May/10

Guyana to hold referendum on decriminalizing homosexuality, 2017/Apr/26

Guyana plans referendum on its anti-gay law, 2017/Apr/20

Guyana’s transgender activists fight archaic law, 2017/Mar/26

Transgender assault victim barred from entering court as Magistrate dismisses case, 2017/Mar/02

Growing up gay in the Caribbean, I was in constant survival mode, 2017/Feb/28

Discrimination Of LGBT Abound In Guyana, 2016/Jun/11

Activist Roundtable by Question, 2015/Dec/16

7 battlefields: The fight for LGBTI rights in the Caribbean, 2015/Feb/06

Felix educates LGBT on their rights, 2014/Jul/18

LGBT Community Continues To Fight For Legislative Protection In Guyana, 2014/Apr/17

Equal Rights and Justice for All Guyanese, 2014/Feb/17

‘Human Rights Need Your Leadership’ – IACHR tells Guyana Government, 2013/Nov/04

Guyana man will advise World Bank on LGBT poverty, 2013/Sep/26

Guyana: Judge rules that crossdressing is legal unless it’s done for an ‘improper purpose’, 2013/Sep/09

Guyanese are largely either tolerant or accepting of homosexuals, 2013/Jul/23

‘Gay’ Guyanese speaks out, 2013/May/20

Guyana: The Children are Our Future, 2013/May/13

Caribbean: Gay Rights Slowly Coming Out of the Closet, 2012/Sep/19

End Sexual-Orientation and Gender-Identity Discrimination in Guyana, 2012/Jul/10

The Equal Rights Trust, 2012/Jun/09

Gay Rights Slowly Coming Out of the Closet, 2012/Jun/08

Roman Catholic Church urges end to sexual discrimination, 2012/May/08

Guyanese, resist all calls to discriminate!, 2012/Apr/26

Guyana: Public consultation on removal of anti-gay laws, 2012/Apr/05

Sex workers call for a more educated police force, 2012/Mar/05

Collateral Damage : The Social Impact of Laws affecting LGBT in Guyana, 2012/Mar/01

National consultations on scrapping gay laws delayed; SASOD calls it “inexcusable”, 2012/Jan/05

SASOD’s war on discrimination far from over, 2011/Dec/30

Public policy must include gender identity – Kissoon, 2011/Dec/19

Gay Guyana News & Reports 2011, 2011/Feb/14

Gay Guyana News & Reports 2001-10, 2009/Jan/01