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ROSEAU – Dominica’s High Court has overturned a ban on consensual same-sex relations in the Caribbean island nation. The court ruled parts of the law that criminalized same-sex activity went against the country’s constitution. A gay man living in Dominica who brought the case said the law violated his constitutional rights.

The lawsuit was brought by an un-named “gay individual” identified only as “BG” against the Attorney General, the Bishop of Roseau, The Methodist Church and the Anglican Church. The Dominica Association of Evangelical Churches was listed as an interested party. None of the respondents has issued any statement following the High Court.