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.
Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
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Civil Unions
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Joint Adoption
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Second Parent Adoption
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Employment Nondiscrimination Laws
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Broad Protections
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Criminalization of Violence
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Ban of Conversion Therapy
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Consensual Same-Sex Acts are Legal?
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Gender
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Max Penalty (Yrs in Prison)
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