Well..what's to
say...with a population of 1.3 million it's obvious that there
are quite a few gay people around. Unfortunately, successive T
& T governments ...refusing to accept Queen Victoria's death
have left homosexuality as a criminal offense on the law books.
That being said there have not been any charges laid ( that I am
aware of) for gay acts in decades.
Naturally, the
nasty legal business and the prevailing macho attitude mean that
a lot of gay people never actually come out. I gather that many
seem to find it normal to be married and have "something on
the side". This may account for Trinidad's high ranking in
the # of AIDS cases per capita. That being said, though, many Gay
people are remarkably open ( more so than any other regional
country) and there are at least three Gay bars/nightclubs in the
Capital...not to mention a number of very bi places. None of the
above applies to Carnival time in T & T when basically
anything goes and sexual mores get thrown out the window after
much alcohol intake.
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