LGBTQ rights in Saint Lucia
Historical evolution of the rights of the LGBTI community in Saint Lucia
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people living in Saint Lucia face some legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ members of the population. Same-sex sexual activity has been legal since July 2025, in accordance with the country's high court.
Same-sex sexual activity
Same-sex sexual activity was illegal for males until July 29, 2025, when the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court struck down colonial-era laws against buggery and gross indecency as unconstitutional.
Laws
In accordance with the court’s July 2025 ruling, The Criminal Code (No. 9 of 2004; Effective 1 January 2005), was amended to state the following:
Gross Indecency
Section 132.
(1) Any person who commits an act of gross indecency with another person commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for ten years or on summary conviction to five years.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an act of gross indecency committed in private between adult persons both of whom consent.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) —
(a) an act shall be deemed not to have been committed in private if it is committed in a public place; and
(b) a person shall be deemed not to consent to the commission of such an act if —
(i) the consent is extorted by force, threats or fear of bodily harm or is obtained by false and fraudulent representations as to the nature of the act;
(ii) the consent is induced by the application or administration of any drug, matter or thing with intent to intoxicate or stupefy the person; or (iii) that person is, and the other party to the act knows or has good reason to believe that the person is suffering from a mental disorder.
(4) In this section "gross indecency" is an act other than sexual intercourse (whether natural or unnatural) by a person involving the use of the genital organs for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire".
Buggery
Section 133.
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