The British High Commission in Guyana flew a Pride flag in support of the march – a poignant symbol given the Colonial origin of the country’s anti-LGBT laws. “We had a completely incident-free, safe, non-violent, first ever Guyana gay pride parade.” There was a lot of chatter on Social Media here and there and so on but Guyana did us well, Guyana did us proud. Simpson said: “The parade was incident free. The parade went off without incident, he confirmed. “Our rights need to be respected like everybody else’s rights so this is a very, very visible way of demanding our rights.”Ī Proud Moment to celebrate the exsistence of LGBTQ+ Citizens in Guyana /S5PdblZn7b It is time to make good on the legislative changes that we heard about from both parties in the 2015 elections and we want to see action and we want action now. He told Demerama Waves: “We are saying enough of the rhetoric, enough of the promises. Joel Simpson of SASOD said the time had come for politicians to act on the issue.
Groups including Caribbean Equality, the Guyana Rainbow Foundation, Guyana Trans United and the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) Guyana took part.
Marchers called for legal reform to decriminalise homosexuality, relax restrictions on transgender people, and permit same-sex couples to gain legal recognition.
