6. Guyana
While Brazil and Argentina’s gay rights are moving forward and their societies are becoming more accepting of the members of the LGBT community, Guyana is falling backwards. The small country remains to be the only nation in South America to criminalize homosexuality.
The LGBT community in Guyana may have experienced a minor triumph when the nation’s Supreme Court ruled that cross-dressing is now legal as long as it is not done for “indecent purposes”. However, in a country where the majority of its people cannot accept the LGBT, whatever gets within the scope of decency remains a major grey area.
LGBT locals and foreigners are pressured to be discreet about their sexuality lest they risk being discriminated against by the community, or even be imprisoned for it.
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