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1959. British Guiana. Ruimveldt Police Station. Sex around 1pm on a Sunday afternoon

The news report in the Guiana Graphic of July 28th 1959 reports that Miss Broad Street and another man have a charge for committing 'unnatural act' in the Rumveldt Police Station one Sunday Afternoon around 1pm.

If the police reports are true, what does it say about the sheer audacity of Miss Broad Street and the other man just after having the very public 'all male wedding'?

Image donated by Dr Nastassia Rambarran of We Were Always Here: Queer Caribbean Histories

In 2026 Guyana, Sherwood Clarke, General Secretary of the Clerical and Commercial Workers Union (CCWU) uses Labour Day to speak out against discrimination against LGBT citizens saying that "CCWU and FITUG believe that Guyana is strongest when we include everyone in our workforce, including our LGBT citizens. LGBT people are our neighbours, family, friends, and co-workers. They are an integral part of our communities and our workplaces"

Speaking out against the same laws which Miss Broad Street and the other man were breaking in the Ruimveldt police station on Sunday afternoon in 1959 Guyana.

In the Dominican Republic, the Supreme Court's ruling that same sex relationships are allowed in the military could come under attack by the Government.

Resistance

Cuba's LGBTQ Revolution is a film by Angus Reid.

In Haiti, Rodneyson Bernardin speaks to Erasing 76 Crimes about the experience of setting up a "MasiMadi Bazaar"

Preity Kumar writes "Love in Ordinary Spaces: Queer Field Notes from Guyana" on the Caribbean Philosophy blog. Vincent McDoom from St Lucia shares the experience of facing murder music

Guyana Trans United reports on a study "Understanding Violence Among LGBTQ Guyanese"

Photojournalist Laila Annmarie Stevens writes about Audre Lorde's life on St Croix, US Virgin Islands and invites participation for her project.

On Wednesday May 6 2026, Sherlina Nageer from Guyana will be on a panel about "Healing in a Changing Climate"

And on 3 June, 2026 - CANARI will host a webinar around " Women and LGBTQI+ persons' lived experiences of climate injustice'

Organising

Check the first edition of Palavin the Palava Newsletter for the 2026 plans.

CAISO in Trinidad and Tobago shares their news in the CAISO Quarterly Issue 7 April 2026

Check out our Caribbean Sexualites page for other resources!

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