Discrimination Against LGBT Persons
In December 2000, the National Assembly of Guyana unanimously approved a proposed amendment to the constitution that would have prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation. But the efforts of religious leaders prior to the March 2001 elections caused President Bharrat Jagdeo to deny his assent to the amendment. A new amendment, containing only the sexual orientation clause, was put before the assembly in 2003, although it made no progress and was later withdrawn by the government.
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