Antigua & Barbuda — Indice du Voyage Gay 2026

Name: Antigua & Barbuda — Gay Travel Index 2026
Creator: GayOut
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48/100

Prudence conseillée #92 of 207

Score = Juridique 40/60 + Scène 8/40 = 48/100 · thin scene coverage — legal-weighted provisional score

Updated 7 Oct 2026 · release 2026.3.

A live score, not an annual report — it recomputes as laws, rulings and the scene itself change. See what moved in 2026.

Sécurité juridique · Legal milestones · La scène sur place · Planifiez votre voyage · Questions fréquentes

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Sécurité juridique — 40/60 points

Criminalisation	Legal (2022)
Partenariat	● Non not recognised
Anti-discrimination	● Non
Reconnaissance du genre	—
Application dans les faits	—

Legal composite, five components

Fulfilment per component (100 = maximum). Weights: criminalisation 35% · partnership 20% · enforcement 20% · anti-discrimination 15% · gender recognition 10%.

Legal milestones

Background, not travel advice — how the current status came to be. For planning a trip, rely on the current score, tier and scene sections above; 2026 movements are tracked in the sourced change log.

1995The Sexual Offences Act carried colonial-era buggery prohibitions forward, punishing same-sex intimacy with up to 15 years imprisonment. ↗
2022The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court struck down sections 12 and 15 as unconstitutional, decriminalising consensual same-sex activity. ↗
2022The ruling held constitutional sex-discrimination protections covered sexual orientation and gender identity, opening broader equality claims. ↗
TodaySame-sex activity was legal, but marriage, adoption and legal gender recognition remained unavailable. ↗

Sources: ILGA World · Human Dignity Trust · Equaldex. Each milestone links to a reference source ↗.

La scène sur place — 8/40 points

Lieux LGBTQ+ répertoriés

Bars gay

Saunas gay

Villes avec une scène

Marches des fiertés

Festivals de cinéma queer

Detailed scene metrics (for researchers)

Bars gay par million	0
Saunas par million	0
Événements par million	202.13
Niveau de couverture	A
Score de la scène	8/40 (indice brut de la scène 20/100)

Questions fréquentes

Antigua & Barbuda est-il une destination sûre pour les voyageurs gays ?

Antigua & Barbuda is rated Some caution on the GayOut Gay Travel Index 2026, scoring 48/100 overall with a legal safety component of 40/60.

Le mariage entre personnes de même sexe est-il légal en Antigua & Barbuda ?

No. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Antigua & Barbuda. Overall legal status: Legal (2022).

Y a-t-il une scène gay en Antigua & Barbuda ?

Antigua & Barbuda has a limited documented gay scene: GayOut lists 8 LGBTQ+ venues, including 0 dedicated gay bars.