Grenada

Demographics

Estimated Total Population:

112,003

World Bank, 2019

Estimated SGM Population:

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Estimated Total SGM Adult Population:

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Estimated % of SGM Adults (18+):

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Grenada is one of the nine Latin American countries in which same-sex consensual activity is illegal for men, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. While the US State Department reports that this law is rarely enforced, there are various news articles of arrests made in the last decade. Grenada’s main business, resort-style tourism, is reportedly accepting of same-sex couples, even in resorts that have been homophobic in the past. Overall, there is almost no literature regarding LGBT natives in Grenada or healthcare for SGM’s. There has been little push to legalize same-sex marriage, and are very few LGBT-specific NGO’s in the area.

Grenada's Laws and Policies from ILGA World Report (2019)

RECOGNITION
Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
No
Civil Unions
No
Joint Adoption
No
Second Parent Adoption
No
PROTECTION
Employment Nondiscrimination Laws
No
Broad Protections
No
Criminalization of Violence
No
Ban of Conversion Therapy
No
CRIMINALIZATION
Consensual Same-Sex Acts are Legal?
No
Gender
Male Only
Max Penalty (Yrs in Prison)
10

Selected Published Studies, Reports, and Other Documents

Annex to Sexuality, Gender, HIV Vulnerability & Human Rights in Grenada: A Shadow Report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. https://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/docs/ngos/LGBTShadow_Grenada_annex.pdf

Corrales, J. (2017). Understanding the uneven spread of LGBT rights in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1999-2013. Journal of Research in Gender Studies, 7(1), 52+. Retrieved from https://link-gale-com.proxy.lib.duke.edu/apps/doc/A500367483/AONE?u=duke_perkins&sid=AONE&xid=fafeb675

GRENADA 2018 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT. (2018). 11. https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/GRENADA-2018.pdf

Lennox, C., & Waites, M. (Eds.). (2013).Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in The Commonwealth. London: University of London Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv512st2

Man Arrested for Gay Sex in Grenada. (2011, May 26). http://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2011/05/26/man-arrested-gay-sex-grenada

Visiting a Sandals Resort as an LGBT Couple | TravelAge West. (n.d.). Retrieved July 1, 2020, from https://www.travelagewest.com/Travel/Hotels/Visiting-a-Sandals-Resort-as-an-LGBT-Couple