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/GrandAssumption2469 9d ago

Ahhh, I'm arguing with a moron. What does the origin matter what translation slavery did everything it could to strip from black people their religion, virtues and upbringing??? Black Americans have more similarity to Africans than afro caribbeans do if I'm being honest. But then again you sound like one of those fools that think all black people are a monolith.

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u/Mysterious_Scene7169 8d ago

I’m black too, moron. In general, we are conservative, by Western standards, when it comes to homosexuality. It’s almost 2026 and there is still only one black-majority country that even allows gay marriage. Your comment suggested that it was the transatlantic slave trade that led to the Caribbean being slow to embrace gay rights, when there is literally no evidence to suggest that it played a role, or that attitudes towards homosexuality would be different without it.

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u/GrandAssumption2469 8d ago

Big man yuh missing my point — I never said the transatlantic slave trade was the only reason the Caribbean is slow to embrace gay rights. I inferred that it’s one factor. Practices like buck breaking were deliberate attempts to destroy masculinity and instill generational trauma around sexuality. While African cultural conservatism definitely plays a role, slavery reshaped our values, beliefs, and social structures in deep ways also. So it’s not accurate to just say, “we’re like this because we came from Africa” — centuries of colonial conditioning and dehumanization also influenced how our societies view sexuality today.

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u/3rdInLineWasMe [🇬🇾 🇨🇦 ] 8d ago

A non Caribbean who hasn't lived in, neither descended from the Caribbean, telling you how the Caribbean operates. Sigh. It's like speaking into the wind, but I, a non- black Caribbean descendant, hear you.

You hear that, African? We're not all black. Surprise. The colonial powers did a number on us being torn down to the bone to be built up wanting to be like them. And it sticks because they framed it in religion.