BAJAN REPORTER REPLIES {I am aware there is another item concerning this issue, but since it is not an officially recognised fora, I tried answering my own way at but the Comments box would not publish, so I chose this alternative} – Mr Christopher, you should be looking at this visit not as a moment to coordinate a protest but as a means of invoking dialogue for detente.

Barbados in theory is very strict on a legal basis regarding sodomy and not necessarily the deed or desire of homosexuality itself, but when Bajans are confronted with genuine gay partners they accept them and have an almost “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell“ attitude which is to say if there are two men or women who want to live such a lifestyle then that is their business, but don’t convince {us} to live that way too.

If you had really done your research you’d learn that Barbados is soft on homophobia and related laws, to the point where we’re considered the Gay capital of the Caribbean?

This in itself is an over-generalisation but we fall somewhere in the middle… So when the delegation arrives, greet them and encourage them to hear you out and why you believe your POV is significant!

If you have genuine concerns of Caribbean homophobia, then you should examine the histories of St Lucia, Jamaica & the Bahamas more closely and see how their policies engender far more concern than what happens in Barbados. Would you be as vociferous if the envoys came from or ? Why single out Barbados?

For future reference, Mr Christopher, if you want a more balanced approach and less vulgar histrionics – then you need to visit Barbados Free Press or myself, I do not delve often on the topic since Bajans are so ignorant they misconstrue sympathy and respect for another’s rights as tantamount to adopting said-same lifestyle.

I admire your determination and support your quest – heterosexuals fear gay/lesbian lifestyles yet get annoyed when they wish to affirm their relationships in marriage, civil union or whatever you wish to entitle it…

So the majority of society will have a misguided view that a homosexual will mount every potential same-sex partner in sight, yet when that same gay person wants to cement their relationship with their partner then this too is a problem, IMHO? Nonsense! Let them seal their union, give them the same rights as heterosexual married couples – would this not benefit the State taxwise?