• ELIXHER
• On July 22, 2013

If there’s one clear indicator of progress in [Trinidad and Tobago's] trek to first-world status, it is the small, but growing confidence and visibility of gay people. More awareness and advocacy groups are forming, and staking their claims and for recognition, rights, and their place in the sun.

A materialisation of this movement was Sexualities in the Tent: Critical Sexualities workshop held at the National Library on July 13.

The workshop was part of a wider programme of activities, which included a four-week course at UWI, St Augustine: Critical Sexuality Studies: Theory and Practice, taught by Prof Alison Donnell of the University of Reading in the UK. The programme was conducted under the auspices of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies of UWI, St Augustine.

The presentations at NALIS on Saturday included academic research, creative work (as in a documentary film), and brief introductions to and from various LBGT advocacy groups in T&T and abroad.

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