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Last edited: December 05, 2004
 
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  Laws in the Caribbean
    
  White = Legal       
  Red
  = Illegal 
    
  Countries with information gathered for this site: 
   Bahamas    Barbados   
  Cayman Islands   
  Cuba    Jamaica   
  Puerto Rico   
  St Lucia 
  
  
    
      | Country | 
      Lesbian | 
      Gay Male | 
      Maximum Penalty | 
     
    
      | Antigua & Barbuda  | 
      Legal | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | Netherlands Antilles | 
      Legal  | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | Aruba  | 
      Legal | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | Bahamas | 
      Legal | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | Barbados  | 
      Illegal | 
      Illegal  | 
       Unknown  | 
     
    
      | Bermuda | 
      Legal | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | Cayman Islands | 
      Legal | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | Cuba | 
      Legal | 
      Illegal | 
      1 Year | 
     
    
      | Dominican Republic | 
      Legal | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | French Guyana | 
      Legal | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | Grenada  | 
      Legal | 
      Illegal  | 
       Unknown  | 
     
    
      | Guyana | 
      Legal | 
      Illegal  | 
       Life  | 
     
    
      | Haiti | 
      Legal | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | Jamaica | 
      Legal | 
      Illegal | 
      10 years / hard labor | 
     
    
      | Martinique | 
      Legal | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | Puerto Rico
      (USA) | 
      Legal  | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 
      Not available | 
      Not available | 
       | 
     
    
      | Saint Lucia | 
      Illegal | 
      Illegal | 
      25 years | 
     
    
      | Surinam | 
      Legal | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | Trinidad and Tobago | 
      Illegal | 
      Illegal | 
      10 years | 
     
    
      | Turks and Caicos Islands  | 
      Legal | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
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