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Law school defends lecture series on LGBT rights

Law school defends lecture series on LGBT rights

| 24/08/2015 | 85 Comments

(CNS): The president of the Truman Bodden Law School student body has defended the lecture series it organised earlier this year about the legal rights of the LGBT community in the Cayman Islands in view of decisions made in the European Court of Human Rights. Following criticisms of that series by the backbench government MLA, […]

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Homophobia following path of racism and misogyny

Homophobia following path of racism and misogyny

| 29/01/2015 | 7 Comments

(CNS) In the last of its current series of public lectures on gender and LGBT equality, the Truman Bodden Law School will be returning to the controversial subject of homophobia tonight. From burning at the stake to being welcomed in the church, Dr Leonardo J Raznovich believes discrimination against LGBTs is followed the steps of […]

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Immigration law needs to allow same-sex dependents

Immigration law needs to allow same-sex dependents

| 16/01/2015 | 5 Comments

(CNS): The local government will have to start addressing legislation that discriminates against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, a leading professor of law has warned. The need to reform the immigration law to allow same-sex dependent partners on work-permits and anomalies in the decriminalization of homosexual acts are some of the things that […]

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Students launch lecture series on gay rights

Students launch lecture series on gay rights

| 06/01/2015 | 66 Comments

(CNS): The Students Society of the Truman Bodden Law School is delivering a series of free public lectures this month looking at the issue of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality – a topic rarely discussed in Cayman on public platforms. “Misogyny and homophobia: What is the Cayman Islands doing to promote gender and LGBT […]

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