What is Human rights in Guyana?
[[Image:Flag of Guyana.svg|thumb|]] [[Homosexuality|Homosexual]] actions, as well as [[anal sex|anal]] and [[oral sex]], are illegal in [[Guyana]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/gay-lesbian-bisexual-relationships-illegal-in-74-countries-a7033666.html |title= LGBT relationships are illegal in 74 countries, research finds |work= The Independent |date= 17 May 2016 |access-date= 29 August 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170827151517/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/gay-lesbian-bisexual-relationships-illegal-in-74-countries-a7033666.html |archive-date= 27 August 2017 |url-status=live |df= dmy-all }}</ref> It is currently the only country in [[South America]] that prohibits such acts. Engaging in such acts can give [[life imprisonment]], though it is [[Unenforced law|not enforced]]. These laws can be difficult to change, because [[Constitution of Guyana|Guyana's Constitution]] protects laws given from the [[British Empire]] from constitutional review.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Burham |first1=Margaret A. |title=Saving Constitutional Rights from Judicial Scrutiny: The Savings Clause in the Law of the Commonwealth Caribbean |url=https://repository.law.miami.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1159&context=umialr |website=miami.edu |publisher=miami.edu |access-date=26 June 2020}}</ref> However, [[cross-dressing]] has been legal since 2018, when a [[ban]] was struck down by Guyana's court of last resort, the [[Caribbean Court of Justice]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ccj.org/ccj-declares-guyanas-cross-dressing-law-unconstitutional/|title=CCJ Declares Guyana's Cross-Dressing Law Unconstitutional|publisher=The Caribbean Court of Justice|date=13 November 2018|access-date=4 August 2020|archive-date=20 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220105715/http://www.ccj.org/news/ccj-declares-guyanas-cross-dressing-law-unconstitutional|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[President of Guyana|President]] [[David A. Granger]] (2015–2020) expressed support for these efforts.<r