LGBT rights
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender and/or intersexual rights:
Civil Partnership Law comes into effect:
- Civil Partnership Regulations, 2020
- Press release – Regulations for Civil Partnership Law Come into Effect, 25 September 2020
- HRC Statement on Freedom of Expression and Encouraging a Mindful Community, 25 Sep 2020
Governor assents to the Civil Partnership Law:
- Summary of changes to Civil Partnership Bill and Consequential Laws, 4 Sept 2020
- Governor’s statement on giving Assent to the Civil Partnership Law 2020, 4 Sept 2020
- Premier’s statement on Civil Partnership Law, 4 Sept 2020
- MLA Ezzard Miller response to Civil Partnership Law, 7 Sept 2020
- Colours Cayman – Press Release on the assent of the Civil Partnership Law, 4 Sept 2020
- Press release from Cayman LGBTQ Foundation on Civil Partnership Law, 4 September 2020
Challenge to the use of section 81, Governor’s reserved power, to impose the Civil Partnership Law:
- CICA Kattina Anglin, leave to appeal to JCPC
- Kattina Anglin v The Governor of the Cayman Islands and Colours Caribbean
- Judgment in JR Kattina Anglin vs The Governor of the Cayman Islands
- Kattina Anglin vs The Governor and Colours Caribbean – Judgment on application to intervene, 28 Oct 2021
- Kattina Anglin vs Governor of the Cayman Islands – Judgment, 20 Nov 2020
- The JR application can be accessed on the Judicial Administration website (search for Kattina Anglin)
- Colours Caribbean – Understanding the Judicial Review of the Governor’s Actions, 1 Feb 2021
- Colours Caribbean – Petition governor for investigation into JR secrecy, 5 Feb 2021
- Press Release from chief justice on review of why documents were not made public, 25 March 2021
Opposition response to passing of CP Law:
- Press release from opposition re response of premier to passing of CPL, 7 Sept 2020
- Letter to Foreign Secretary from LOO Arden McLean, 13 Aug 2020
Civil Partnership Law and Consequential Legislation:
- Adoption of Children (Amendment) Law, 2020
- Evidence (Amendment) Law, 2020
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Law, 2020
- Immigration (Transition) (Amendment) (No.2) Law, 2020
- Mental Health (Amendment) Law, 2020
- National Pensions (Amendment) (No.2) Law, 2020
- Penal Code (Amendment) Law, 2020
- Protection from Domestic Violence (Amendment) Law, 2020
- Public Service Pensions (Amendment) Law, 2020
- Succession (Amendment) Law, 2020
- Wills (Amendment) Law, 2020
Governor to impose Domestic Partnership Law:
Governor’s statement and responses:
- Statement from the governor on the Domestic Partnership Law, 5 August 2020
- Baroness Sugg letter to CI governor giving approval for assent to DP bill, 5 August 2020
- Colours Cayman – statement on governor’s intent to assent to the Domestic Partnership Bill, 5 August 2020
- Statement from the premier following the governor’s announcement that he will impose the Domestic Partnership Law, 6 August 2020
- HRC Support of H.E. Action on the Domestic Partnership Bill, 6 August 2020
- Governor’s Statement on the Domestic Partnership Bill, 14 August 2020
Official Opposition to DP Bill:
- Opposition responds to the Governor’s Statement on the Domestic Partnership Bill, 6 August 2020
- Press release – Opposition concerned with the Governor’s use of reserve powers, 13 Aug 2020
- Official Opposition press release on the DPB, 21 August 2020
Civil union legislation:
- Domestic Partnership Bill, 2020, published 26 June
- Introduction of the Domestic Partnership Bill 2020 by Premier Alden McLaughlin, 27 July 2020
- Governor’s Statement: Publication of the Domestic Partnership Bill
- Press release – Domestic Partnership Bil
Defeat of the bill:
- Governor Martyn Roper’s statement following the defeat in the LA of the Domestic Partnership Bill on 29 July 2020
- The defeat of the Domestic Partnership Bill, statement by Colours Cayman, 30 July 2020
- HRC Statement on Failure of Passage of Domestic Partnership Bill, 30 July 2020
- CMA Response to the Domestic Partnership Bill, press release 28 July 2020
- CMA Formal Position Paper on Domestic Partnerships
Vote count on the Domestic Partnership Bill, 29 July 2020
Yes Vote
- Alden McLaughlin (PPM)
- Moses Kirkconnell (PPM)
- Roy McTaggart (PPM)
- Joey Hew (PPM)
- David Wight (PPM)
- Tara Rivers (IND)
- Austin Harris (IND)
- Ezzard Miller (IND)
No Vote
- Arden McLean (IND)
- Alva Suckoo (IND)
- Chris Saunders (IND)
- Bernie Bush (IND)
- Kenneth Bryan (IND)
- Anthony Eden (IND)
- Eugene Ebanks (CDP)
- Dwayne Seymour (IND)
- Juliana O’Connor Connolly (PPM)
Barbara Conolly did not vote because she was acting speaker. The person presiding only votes in the case of a tie.
McKeeva Bush was still on a leave of absence and therefore not present for the vote.
Education:
Documents 2020:
- Colours Cayman – Open letter to Governor Roper, 3 Feb 2020
- Colours Cayman – Letter to premier and legal opinion, 21 Jan 2020
UK Parliamentary Select Committee: (Point 13)
The UK Government must set a date by which it expects all OTs to have legalised same-sex marriage. The UK Government must be prepared to intervene through legislation or an Order in Council if the date is not met.
