Diplomatic tensn reportedly risg between Uned Stat and Jamai over gay Amerin diplomat

Contents:

• BEG GAY THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE: A PERSONAL ACUNT
• QUEER COS: GAY MEN THE CIVIL SERVICE
• DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT

BEG GAY THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE: A PERSONAL ACUNT

Lol NewsMIAMI – The diplomatic ti between the Uned Stat and Jamai uld soon be jeopardy.There are reports that Jamai is refg to accred the spoe of a gay Amerin diplomat.“Our culture is not really acceptg of ,” said Renae Stevens, who was visg the Jamain nsulate Miami Wednday.Attorney Wayne Goldg is an advisor to Jamai’s ernment.“The whole ia of legislatn to legalize same-sex marriag, I thk they still have a long way to go,” he said. He served as the Uned Stat Ambassador to Luxembourg om 1999 to 2001, and was the first openly gay man to reprent the Uned Stat as an ambassador.

QUEER COS: GAY MEN THE CIVIL SERVICE

Gay diplomats. Showed his mettle appotg that untry's first gay ambassador, Jam Hormel, 1999.

Great Bra lifted a ban on homosexuals the Foreign Office only 1991 unr Prime Mister John Major. An anizatn for Amerin LGBTQ members of the State Department, cludg Ambassadors, is the Gay and Lbians Foreign Affairs Agenci (GLIFAA). This year marked the 50-year anniversary of the partial crimalisatn of homosexualy Bra and 26 years sce the liftg of the bar on gay men and lbians workg for the Brish Diplomatic Service.

DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT

Durg the summer FCO Historians lnched Homosexualy at the Foreign Office, 1967-1991 (a ‘History Note’ based on my PhD rearch to social diversy at the FCO) wh an event the Lorno Sue, which policians, diplomats and activists gave personal sights to the ban, s liftg and what is to be gay and work for the FCO.