Pride TT has ex­tend­ed its heart­felt con­grat­u­la­tions to Prime Min­is­ter-elect Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar and the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) Coali­tion of In­ter­ests on their suc­cess in the 2025 Gen­er­al Elec­tion.

The or­gan­i­sa­tion says it is hope­ful that this new era of lead­er­ship will ush­er in long-await­ed progress on crit­i­cal hu­man rights and so­cial jus­tice is­sues af­fect­ing our na­tion’s LGBTQ+ com­mu­ni­ty.

In a state­ment on Wednes­day, Pride TT said, "Pride TT strong­ly urges the new gov­ern­ment to pri­or­i­tize amend­ments to the Equal Op­por­tu­ni­ty Act (EOA) to in­clude pro­tec­tions against dis­crim­i­na­tion based on sex­u­al ori­en­ta­tion, gen­der iden­ti­ty, HIV/AIDS sta­tus, and age. These up­dates are vi­tal to en­sur­ing that all cit­i­zens can live with dig­ni­ty, safe­ty, and equal op­por­tu­ni­ty un­der the law."

It is al­so call­ing on the ad­min­is­tra­tion to im­ple­ment mea­sures to pro­tect LGBTQ+ in­di­vid­u­als from vi­o­lence, with spe­cial at­ten­tion to com­bat­ing bul­ly­ing and dis­crim­i­na­tion in schools. Every child de­serves to learn in an en­vi­ron­ment that is safe, in­clu­sive, and free from fear.

The state­ment fur­ther said, "Trans­gen­der cit­i­zens in Trinidad and To­ba­go face height­ened lev­els of dis­crim­i­na­tion, vi­o­lence, and so­cial ex­clu­sion. Pride TT calls on the new gov­ern­ment to en­act poli­cies that af­firm and pro­tect the rights of trans peo­ple, in­clud­ing ac­cess to gen­der-af­firm­ing health­care, le­gal recog­ni­tion of gen­der iden­ti­ty, and safe­guards against work­place and hous­ing dis­crim­i­na­tion. The dig­ni­ty and rights of trans­gen­der in­di­vid­u­als must be up­held in all ar­eas of pub­lic life."