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* Click [http://www.equaldex.com/region/guyana here] to learn about LGBTQ rights and laws in Guyana, click [https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/03/26/transgender-activists-in-guyana-are-fighting-against-archaic-laws/ here] to learn about the struggles faced by transgender activists in Guyana, and click [https://www.globalgayz.com/gay-life-in-guyana-south-america/ here] to learn about the complex social and historical picture of LGBTQ life in Guyana. It is important to note that, as of May 2018, homosexuality is illegal in Guyana and the punishment for homosexuality is life in prison. There are no legal protections against LGBTQ-related discrimination. It is also illegal to change gender or to be a "cross-dresser," thereby rendering transgender identity to be illegal as well. | * Click [http://www.equaldex.com/region/guyana here] to learn about LGBTQ rights and laws in Guyana, click [https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/03/26/transgender-activists-in-guyana-are-fighting-against-archaic-laws/ here] to learn about the struggles faced by transgender activists in Guyana, and click [https://www.globalgayz.com/gay-life-in-guyana-south-america/ here] to learn about the complex social and historical picture of LGBTQ life in Guyana. It is important to note that, as of May 2018, homosexuality is illegal in Guyana and the punishment for homosexuality is life in prison. There are no legal protections against LGBTQ-related discrimination. It is also illegal to change gender or to be a "cross-dresser," thereby rendering transgender identity to be illegal as well. | ||
* [https://www.facebook.com/wgec.gy/ Women and Gender Equality Commission - Guyana]: " | * [https://www.facebook.com/wgec.gy/ Women and Gender Equality Commission - Guyana]: The goal of this organization is to "promote national recognition and acceptance that women’s rights are human rights, respect for gender equality and the protection, development and attainment of gender equality." Email: wgec.gy@gmail.com. Call +592 231 5276. | ||
* [https://www.facebook.com/pg/GuyanaWomenMinersOrganisation/about/ Guyana Women Miner's Association]: "GWMO is dedicated to improving the conditions of women in the mining industry and to expanding their opportunities, and to ensuring that benefits that accrue from the industry are used in ways that are beneficial to both women and the society as a whole." Email: guyanawomenminers@yahoo.com. Phone: +592 223 6978. | * [https://www.facebook.com/pg/GuyanaWomenMinersOrganisation/about/ Guyana Women Miner's Association]: "GWMO is dedicated to improving the conditions of women in the mining industry and to expanding their opportunities, and to ensuring that benefits that accrue from the industry are used in ways that are beneficial to both women and the society as a whole." Email: guyanawomenminers@yahoo.com. Phone: +592 223 6978. | ||
* [https://www.facebook.com/pg/RedThreadWomenGuyana/ Red Thread Women Guyana]: "Red Thread's goal is to organize with women, beginning with grassroots women, to cross divides and transform our conditions. We provide services to women and children exploited in unequal power relations and simultaneously work to change those relations." Call (592) 227-7010; (592) 223-6254. Email: redthreadguyana@gmail.com | * [https://www.facebook.com/pg/RedThreadWomenGuyana/ Red Thread Women Guyana]: "Red Thread's goal is to organize with women, beginning with grassroots women, to cross divides and transform our conditions. We provide services to women and children exploited in unequal power relations and simultaneously work to change those relations." Call (592) 227-7010; (592) 223-6254. Email: redthreadguyana@gmail.com | ||