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- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Hate Crime Protections
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- N/A
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
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Homosexual activity in Grenadines is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Current status
Since Oct 30, 1989
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
The 1988 Criminal Code of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines took effect in 1989 and criminalizes "gross indecency" between members of the same sex with up to 5 years in prison. The Code also criminalizes anal intercourse with up to 10 years imprisonment.
In 2024, the High Court of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rejected a challenge to the laws.
In 2024, the High Court of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rejected a challenge to the laws.
Same-sex marriage in Grenadines is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
Same-sex couples cannot marry in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; however, there is also no explicit ban on same-sex marriage.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Grenadines is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Grenadines is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
There is no legal gender recognition provided in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Gender-affirming care in Grenadines is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Grenadines is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
No way to change legal gender, including to non-binary.
Hate crime protections in Grenadines is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Nov 26, 2021
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Sentencing Guideline for Homicide Offences re-issue in November 2021 included as an aggravating factor of manslaughter by reason an unlawful act the "Offence motivated by or demonstrating hostility based on any of the following characteristics or presumed characteristics of the victim: religion, race, disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity." This Sentencing Guideline came into effect on November 26, 2021.
The protections for murder and manslaughter remained in place under the Compendium Sentencing Guideline of The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court for Homicide Offences, republished in January 2025, which revoked the previous sentencing guidelines.
The protections for murder and manslaughter remained in place under the Compendium Sentencing Guideline of The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court for Homicide Offences, republished in January 2025, which revoked the previous sentencing guidelines.
Sexual orientation only
The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Rules (Sentencing Guidelines) 2019 and its Practice Direction 8E No. 1 of 2020 establish a legal framework for sentencing homicide in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. This direction sets out the factors to be considered, including the victim's sexual orientation as a factor that may elevate a homicide to the category of "exceptionally serious," potentially justifying life imprisonment. This Practice Direction came into effect on the 1st day of September, 2020.
The protection remained in place under re-issues of the practice direction.
The protection remained in place under re-issues of the practice direction.
LGBT employment discrimination in Grenadines is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There are no protections from discrimination in employment provided to LGBTIQ+ people in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
LGBT housing discrimination in Grenadines is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There are no protections from discrimination in housing provided to LGBTIQ+ people in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Same-sex adoption in Grenadines is single only.
Current status
Single only
Only married heterosexual couples may jointly adopt in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Only women are allowed to adopt as singles.
Intersex infant surgery in Grenadines is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Surgery on intersex infants is legal in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines but not reported.
Serving openly in military in Grenadines is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines does not have a military.
Blood donations by MSMs in Grenadines is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Conversion therapy in Grenadines is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There is no ban on conversion therapy in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Equal age of consent in Grenadines is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal.
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