Panama no longer a no sex zone

Panamanian President Martín Torrijos Espino signed a decree on July 29 repealing a 1949 law that criminalized sodomy.

Finally.

But the following 11 nations in Central America, South America and the Caribbean continue to ban gay sex:

Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados
Belize
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago

All of the above are former British colonies, and undoubtedly, the legacy of homophobia in these nations comes from that nasty Chapter XVI, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (aka anti-sodomy) law enacted by the British during colonial times throughout most of its territory.

Nevertheless, the world just got one nation bigger.

Welcome Panama!