UK Privy Council overrules Trinidad and Tobago gay sex law

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The UK Privy Council overturned a Trinidad and Tobago law criminalizing consensual same-sex relations between men. The ruling comes from the country's final court of appeal, a role it retains as a legacy of British colonial rule.

A London court has overturned a Trinidad and Tobago law criminalizing consensual sexual relations between male same-sex couples. As a result of the colonial legacy, it is the independent country's last court of appeal.