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| Region | Guyana |
| Issue | Censorship of LGBT issues |
| Status | Fine as punishment |
| Start Date | Mar 1, 1894 |
| End Date | Nov 12, 2018 |
| Description | The 1893 Summary Jurisdiction Act criminalised “people appear[ing] in a public place while dressed in clothing of a different gender for an improper purpose” with a fine. This was continuously used to persecute trans people for their gender expression until it was struck down in 2018. |
| Sources | https://www.legal-tools.org/doc/5f2591/pdf/#:~:text=FIRST%2520SCHEDULE%E2%80%94Indictable%2520offences%2520by,10 https://www.oas.org/juridico/pdfs/mesicic4_guy_summ.pdf https://www.humandignitytrust.org/news/highest-court-in-caribbean-strikes-down-guyanas-law-targeting-trans-people/ |
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Fine as punishment |
| Start Date | Mar 1, 1894 |
| End Date | Nov 12, 2018 |
| Description | The 1893 Summary Jurisdiction Act criminalised “people appear[ing] in a public place while dressed in clothing of a different gender for an improper purpose” with a fine. This was continuously used to persecute trans people for their gender expression until it was struck down in 2018. |
| Sources | https://www.legal-tools.org/doc/5f2591/pdf/#:~:text=FIRST%2520SCHEDULE%E2%80%94Indictable%2520offences%2520by,10 https://www.oas.org/juridico/pdfs/mesicic4_guy_summ.pdf https://www.humandignitytrust.org/news/highest-court-in-caribbean-strikes-down-guyanas-law-targeting-trans-people/ |