Activist wins 10-year fight against homophobic Trinidad and Tobago laws

Jason Jones welcomes decision by privy council in London to overturn 2025 ruling that outlawed anal sex

A gay man has won a historic 10-year battle against Trinidad and Tobago’s homophobic laws with a landmark UK appeals court ruling that could help overturn similar anti-gay laws in other Caribbean countries.

The privy council, based in London, overturned a 2025 decision by Trinidad and Tobago’s court of appeal that recriminalised consensual anal sex, seven years after the Trinidadian activist Jason Jones secured a high court judgment declaring the country’s colonial-era “buggery” laws unconstitutional.