UNAIDS Caribbean Director, Dr. Ernest Massiah has said in a message on the occasion of International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) today that in the Caribbean “we have developed as a people,” but “there are still phobias that we must address (and) homophobia is one of them.”
The UNAIDS Caribbean Director said that today’s commemoration of IDAHO “is an acknowledgement that whatever one’s personal position on homosexuality or gender, there are universal and Caribbean standards that all people must be treated with dignity and respect.”
“We are all equal and are therefore equally entitled to the protection and services of the state as well as the