Court overturns gay sex ban in Trinidad and Tobago
Verified: 15 outlets in 12 countries have reported this story since Nov 10, 2 of them from Trinidad and Tobago.
The highest court of appeal for Trinidad and Tobago has struck down a law criminalising gay sex, a landmark ruling for LGBTQ rights in the Caribbean.
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
2 outlets from Trinidad and Tobago, where the story is: CNC3, Trinidad Express · how we count
- Nov 10, 4:42 PM UTCFirst reportUK court overturns Trinidad and Tobago law criminalising homosexual sexnews.sky.com ↗
- Nov 10, 4:55 PM UTC+13 minUK court overturns Trinidad and Tobago law criminalising homosexual sexstraitstimes.com ↗
- Nov 10, 6:08 PM UTC+1 hUK court overturns Trinidad and Tobago's anti-gay sex lawrte.ie ↗
- Nov 10, 11:29 PM UTC+7 hUK court overturns T&T law criminalizing gay sexnationwideradiojm.com ↗
- Nov 11, 3:41 AM UTC+11 hPrivy Council rules T&T’s buggery laws unconstitutionalcnc3.co.tt ↗
- Nov 11, 4:24 PM UTC+24 h· you’re reading thisCourt overturns gay sex ban in Trinidad and Tobagopunchng.com ↗
- Nov 11, 4:42 PM UTC+24 hTrinidad and Tobago highest court overturns gay sex baneuronews.com ↗
[Claude] Back to pending: the other outlets reported a different event. Report 1 describes the Trinidad and Tobago Court of Appeal striking down the law, while Reports 2-4 describe a London court overturning it, so they are separate events and do not agree on who ruled an
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