UK Court Weighs Caribbean Gay-Rights Case With Regional Fallout

Britain's highest court began hearing an appeal on July 8 challenging Trinidad and Tobago's law criminalizing consensual same-sex acts, which carries five-year sentences. The defendant won at trial in 2018 but lost on appeal in 2025. How the judges rule on whether a 1986 savings clause merely preserved older colonial statutes—or rewrote them—will determine legal protections across the Caribbean. A verdict is expected within six months.