Jones: Fight for equality not over

Ja­son Jones says the fight for full equal­i­ty and hu­man rights for LGBTQ+ peo­ple in Trinidad and To­ba­go is far from over, de­spite his land­mark vic­to­ry at the Privy Coun­cil which has de­crim­i­nalised con­sen­su­al same-sex in­ti­ma­cy.

Re­act­ing to Tues­day’s unan­i­mous rul­ing by all five judges of the Ju­di­cial Com­mit­tee of the Privy Coun­cil, Jones said the de­ci­sion end­ed the mes­sage that LGBTQ+ peo­ple were crim­i­nals in their own coun­try.

“Whilst I wel­come this judg­ment, it does not, how­ev­er, ad­dress the main is­sues of hu­man rights and equal­i­ty for LGBTQ+ peo­ple which have been de­nied us­ing British colo­nial era laws across the Com­mon­wealth and be­yond,” he said.