Thinking LGBT human rights in Guyana

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.13169/jofstudindentleg.2.2.0128
• Published date: 22 December 2022
• Date: 22 December 2022
• Pages: 128-141
• Author: Jane Miller,Amar Wahab
• Subject Matter: Guyana,LGBT,human rights

Journal of Indentureship 2.2 December 2022

Thinking LGBT human rights

in Guyana

A conversation with the British High

Commissioner to the Co-operative

Republic of Guyana, Jane Miller, OBE

Jane Miller, OBE, and Amar Wahab

Jane Miller, OBE, is the British High Commissioner to the Co-

operative Republic of Guyana and Her Majesty’s Non-Resident

Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname.

Amar Wahab is professor of Gender and Sexuality in the School

of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at York University,

Canada.

ABSTRACT

Scholar Amar Wahab, co-editor of the Journal of Indentureship

and Its Legacies, interviews British High Commissioner to Guyana,

Jane Miller, OBE, about her perspectives on LGBT human rights in

Guyana. They discuss issues related to the legacies of the colonial

regulation of gender and sexuality, the inclusion of diverse identities,

and collaboration with LGBT activist organizations in Guyana.

KEYWORDS

Guyana, LGBT, human rights

AW: Thanks so much for agreeing to meet with me for the inter-

view. I’m one of the co-editors of the Journal of Indentureship

and It’s Legacies, together with Professor David Dabydeen

and Maria del Pilar Kaladeen. While scholars have pub-

lished on indentureship in many academic journals, there

DOI:10.13169/jofstudindentleg.2.2.0128