In an Our Today follow-up, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica both still rank among the top 10 countries globally that search Google for ‘gay pornography’.

The data, as presented by Google Trends, indicate that the two countries, as well as Puerto Rico, are the only Caribbean islands that ranked in the 71-country analysis.

Both Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica dropped one place each to fourth and sixth with interest levels at 45 and 35 respectively, while Puerto Rico’s spot was unchanged at seventh, also at an interest level of 35.

According to Google, its country rankings are based on search interest relative to the highest point on the chart for the given region and time.

Google Trends further disclosed that the data represents the popularity of any given topic over the last 12 months, with this period ending on May 12, 2022.

“A value of 100 is the peak popularity for the term. A value of 50 means that the term is half as popular. A score of 0 means there was not enough data for this term,” Google indicated.

See list of top 10 countries and interest scores in the table below:

Interestingly, for the twin-island republic, Google’s inter-regional breakdown found that “gay porn” was far more popular in Rio Claro-Mayaro over the 12-month review period, which emerged with a ‘perfect 100 score’ for searches.

Following closely behind were Penal-Debe (86), Western Tobago (85), Siparia (84), Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo (84), Arima (84), Sangre Grande (81), Chaguanas (79), Diego Martin (74), San Juan-Laventille (74), Tunpuna-Piarco (71), Princes Town (69), Port of Spain (66) and San Fernando (44). Google Trends maintained that no data was available to rank either Eastern Tobago or Point Fortin.

In the meantime, the most searched related query in Trinidad and Tobago was “boyfriendtv”, a gay porn website. Related topics enjoying popularity in Trinidad over the 12-month period are ‘teen-film genre’, ‘gacha’, ‘amateur’ and ‘breeding’.

On a granular level for Jamaica, Trelawny has risen to be the parish with the most ‘gay porn’ searches on Google’s incredibly useful search engine, boasting a popularity score of 100.

St Catherine (88) ranked second on the search popularity index, followed in tow by St Elizabeth (83), Hanover (83), Manchester (82), Clarendon (76), St Mary (73), St Andrew (69), St Thomas (68), Westmoreland (66), St Ann (64) and St James (54).

The most searched related queries in Jamaica were “black gay porn”, “black porn”, “jamaican gay porn”, “free gay porn” and “lesbian porn”.

Google, however, did not have the requisite data to show the search popularity index of “gay porn” in Kingston and Portland.

International human rights experts have come together to call for nations, including those in the Caribbean, to ensure that members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse (LGBT) community are treated with dignity and protected from violence.

In a message ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT) tomorrow (May 17), the group, including representatives from the United Nations, urged states to tackle the root causes of forced displacement around the planet.

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