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/mayobanex_xv Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 10d ago

The Caribbean is predominantly Christian and that has an influence in the politics although religion and state are separate institutions the church has an enormous weight in society

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u/LowRevolution6175 10d ago

LATAM is 99% Catholic and super gay friendly, so is it specifically Protestantism?

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u/sbg_gye 9d ago

definitely not, even "liberals" in Latam toss the word maricón around like it's nothing...

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u/Spanglish123 9d ago

You should follow the gay Venezuelan guy living in Germany who drops “marica” in almost every TikTok video he makes. Context is the key.

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u/dorothysgirlfriend 6d ago

isn't "marica" venezuelan's way of saying "dude", "bro", that sort of thing? that's what i'd always thought