Prejudice and vlence agast gay men Jamai have been htg the headl this year. But until now the plight of lbians been ignored. <b>Diane Taylor</b> reports.
Contents:
- DEXTER POTTGER AD: GAY ACTIVIST AND FACE OF JAMAI PRI FOUND MURRED HIS HOME
- TO JAMAI’S MURRED GAY IN DEXTER POTTGER #RTINPOWER
- VIO SHOWS GAY MAN STONED TO DEATH JAMAI
- TWO MORE GAY MEN KILLED JAMAI; PANEL SEEKS PROBE
- TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS JAMAI
- THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- 'IF YOU'RE GAY JAMAI, YOU'RE AD'
DEXTER POTTGER AD: GAY ACTIVIST AND FACE OF JAMAI PRI FOUND MURRED HIS HOME
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Sign up to our Eveng Headl email for your daily gui to the latt newsSign up to our ee US Eveng Headl emailA Jamain gay activist dubbed “the face of Pri” has been found stabbed to ath his home, acrdg to Pottger, a fashn signer, was found ad on Thursday at his home the Washgton Garns neighbourhood of was blood “everywhere”, acrdg to police officers quoted by the Jamai Gleaner. Neighbours reported hearg screams the early hours of Wednday morng, the paper said, but did not tell police about the disturbance, was Pottger beme the face of Pri Week 2016 celebratns anised by the Jamai Fom of Lbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG) the time he said: “I hope that my participatn will show members of J-FLAG that is okay to e out an atmosphere where there is no vlence, realise that ’s your time to be part of the change—not jt for the week but permanently as a part of the muny.
I said y bee Amerin's have had so much to say about the plight of queer people plac like Iran and Afghanistan but for s have ignored the murrs of lbian women, gay men, and trans men and women Jamai...
TO JAMAI’S MURRED GAY IN DEXTER POTTGER #RTINPOWER
Tensns are risg after Jamai refed to accred the spoe of a gay Amerin diplomat. * gay killed in jamaica *
One of the people featured on the podst is the Jamain-Amerin gay pastor who started the first safe hoe his home Jamai and through donatns and his own money has been able to slowly build a work of other ho. Last week, one of Jamai’s most prolific gay celebri was stabbed to ath his own home. Over 80 per cent of Jamains believe that homosexualy is immoral, same sex activy is illegal and vlence agast the LGBT muny has ma the headl – proment gay activists like Brian Williamson and Steve Harvey have prevly been murred, while another activist sought refuge Canada after a mob watched as his iend drowned.
I was, however, most trigued by how open he was as a gay man livg Jamai at a time few dared to do the same.
The planng mtee ‘admired his urage, sense of self, drive, relatnship wh his fay and iends, and pri beg Jamain and beg a gay man. A young Jamain man was pummeled to ath wh rocks as his killers chanted antigay slurs, acrdg to a vio and lol of the public executn was posted on a Jamain news se and then removed March 3, acrdg to the blog Mory-Insight.
VIO SHOWS GAY MAN STONED TO DEATH JAMAI
Common Jamain antigay slurs like "batty boy" are heard as the man is killed. The Jamain ernment, known by some as plic antigay hate crim this eply homophobic untry, has not issued a statement on the Guardian newspaper recently terviewed 2, 000 Jamains about their feelgs toward gay people.
TWO MORE GAY MEN KILLED JAMAI; PANEL SEEKS PROBE
Though the paper found wispread animosy toward gays, younger and more ted people exprsed much ls tolerance. Men, and pecially those who listen to dancehall mic, were found to be the most homophobic. An official human rights missn for North and South Ameri has lled on Jamai to vtigate the recent killgs of two reportedly gay men and to punish those rponsible.
TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS JAMAI
Jamai has a reputatn as an tensely homophobic natn, spe new Prime Mister Portia Simpson-Miller’s posn agast discrimatn on the basis of sexual orientatn.
THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS
She has also suggted a review of the untry’s buggery laws, which provi for prison sentenc of up to 10 years for male homosexual activy.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
The Inter-Amerin Commissn on Human Rights, or IACHR, said lol activists for LGBT rights say eight gay men have been murred Jamai wh the last three months. The Commissn ntu to receive rmatn on killgs, torture, arbrary arrts, and other forms of vlence and excln agast lbians, gays, and trans, bisexual, and tersex persons the ntent.
IACHR Conmns Murr of Two Gay Men Jamai. – The Inter-Amerin Commissn on Human Rights (IACHR) nmns the killg Kgston, Jamai, of two men who, acrdg to the civil society anizatns and media outlets, were gay.
'IF YOU'RE GAY JAMAI, YOU'RE AD'
Acrdg to a lol LGTB anizatn, this occurred a ntext of severe vlence agast the LGTB muny Jamai, where eight gay men have been murred wh the last three months, among other reported acts of vlence.
Jamai is the most homophobic island the Caribbean, wh harsh anti-gay laws, even though there's a large lol gay populatn. Hedonism II Negril also allows gay travelers.