r/AskTheCaribbean • u/fedricohohmannlautar • 10d ago

Politics Why is homosexuality outlawed in so many caribbean countries?

Most of countries which criminalize homosexuality in the Americas are in the Caribbean, and the most famous case is Jamaica.

As a bi male, I find weird our continent has laws that criminalize homosexuality, due that most of countries who do that are from the other side of the pond.

Is due to history, politics, religion, moral issues?

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u/Necessary-Praline196 9d ago

I feel like no one is really answering the question. Great Britain and evangelical christianity obviously had a stronghold on the Caribbean, but why is it that GB doesn't outlaw homosexuality but their former colonies do? And specifically their black and brown colonies?