General and regional elections is less than a month away and Guyana’s leading gay rights activist group –the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) – has launched what it calls a manifesto with a list of changes it wishes to see from a new Government.

The list of measures which the LGBTQ+ activist group covers Constitutional Reform, Healthcare, Education, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Social protection. Of major concern to the group is protection of LGBTQ+ students who are often bullied in school.

Jasmine Bacchus, who represented transgender persons at a press conference on Tuesday, noted that she was forced to drop out of school due to bullying and this must not continue. Read more via NewsRoom