LGBT rights in Guyana
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title:
LGBT rights in Guyana
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Guyana face legal and societal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Guyana is the only country in South America, and the only mainland country in the Americas, where homosexual acts, including anal sex and oral sex, are illegal. Cross-dressing was illegal until November 2018, when the statute was struck down by the Caribbean Court of Justice, the court of last resort of Guyana. Efforts to decriminalise homosexual behaviour hav
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Guyana
date created:
2007-08-21T21:06:03Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T16:03:15Z
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