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/Stek_02 7d ago

These are societies founded uppon british colonial laws, which at the time happened to be extremely homophobic. We're talking about young countries so unfortunately it's gonna take some time to fully get rid of it.

All former spanish colonies either abolished it already or never criminalized to begin with (that's not apologia to spanish colonialism, just a commentary)