Barbados Pride is taking on the harshest anti-gay law in the West.

Why do we need Barbados Pride? Well, walking down the street is a traumatic experience for many LGBTI Barbadians.

At first glance, Barbadian LGBTI people appear to have relatively safe, full lives. People often ask us: ‘Why don’t you just live your lives and stop fighting for rights, no one is troubling you?’