The Society Against Sexual Orienta-tion Discrimination (SASOD) is outraged at what it says is the violation of the human rights of a member of the LGBT community, who was fined $20,000 by a magistrate for cross-dressing.
Nicholas Kissoon, 19, had appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly on Thursday at the Providence Magistrate’s Court, where he pleaded guilty to cross-dressing and was fined $20,000 with the alternative of three months in jail.
However, SASOD’s Managing Director Joel Simpson told Stabroek News yesterday that since Kissoon suffers from a mental illness, he might have been unable to fully comprehend the court proceedings. Added to that, he noted that Kissoon had no legal representation at the