Jamai should repeal gay sex ban, says Ameris top rights body | Rters

Contents:

• JAMAI SHOULD REPEAL GAY SEX BAN, SAYS AMERIS TOP RIGHTS BODY
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS JAMAI
• CAN YOU BE GAY JAMAI?
• GAY RIGHTS IN JAMAI
• ¿QUé SE SIENTE AL SER GAY EN JAMAI?
• JAMAI GAY
• DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT

JAMAI SHOULD REPEAL GAY SEX BAN, SAYS AMERIS TOP RIGHTS BODY

J-FLAG, an LGBT rights anizatn based Jamai, has been fightg for gay rights for over two s. Sce s ceptn, s objectiv are to promote pri and provi support to members of the gay muny Jamai. Rumors are swirlg that tensns between Jamai and the Uned Stat are risg after the former refed to grant accredatn to the spoe of a gay Amerin diplomat – whose inty has not been ma public – sce same-sex marriage is not legal the Caribbean natn.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS JAMAI

Equalx reports that addn to same-sex marriage beg illegal, homosexualy among men remas outlawed Jamai and n be punished wh up to seven years prison.

Homosexualy among women is not explicly illegal, but sodomy between any two humans is punishable wh up to 10 years prison. 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.

CAN YOU BE GAY JAMAI?

A light ra eased the heat and the dancers went home to was all a far cry om the untry that Time magaze lled “the most homophobic place on Earth” 2006.

GAY RIGHTS IN JAMAI

In a 2013 survey of 71 LGBT people nducted by Human Rights Watch, more than half said they had been victims of homophobic vlence. Non-vlent discrimatn is even more pervasive, wh bullyg and excln faced tn, healthre and wh lol change has e through the ditn of activists, cludg the work of Jamai Fom for Lbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-Flag), the untry’s largt LGBT rights anisatn, which this month celebrat s 20th the anisatn lnched on 10 December 1998, ed outrage.

Public reactn has, however, been hostile … for the next few years, at least, gay rights our society, as far as road march or public appearanc are ncerned, is a very dim possibily. So has social media, which has allowed the anisatn, and other groups mpaigng for LGBT rights, to “humanise” gay a rult, the former mister for jtice and the mayor of Kgston have both spoken out publicly support of the group.

¿QUé SE SIENTE AL SER GAY EN JAMAI?

”Jaevn Nelson, J-Flag’s executive director, says there has been a “public awakeng” followg two homophobic attacks 2013 – one of them the murr of Dwayne Jon, who attend a party women’s cloth. Their manifto, the Gay Agenda, was aligned wh the ernment’s Visn 2030 velopment plan.

KINGSTON, Feb 17 (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - Jamai should repeal s lonial-era gay sex ban, the top rights body of the Ameris said on Wednday, a symbolic landmark lg on LGBT+ rights the Jamains who iated the se 2011 - after they were attacked by homophobic gangs and sought asylum overseas - said the 1864 ban on the “abomable crime of buggery” and “gross cency” legimised vlence agast LGBT+ people.

JAMAI GAY

“Gays and lbians ntue to be killed and tortured bee they are emed to be different, ” he said, scribg how he was beaten by the police ont of a mob. A spokwoman for the Jamain ernment was not immediately available to is the first time the Inter-Amerin Commissn on Human Rights (IACHR) has led that crimalisg gay and lbian people vlat ternatnal law, said the Human Digny Tst, an LGBT+ legal advocy group which brought the se. Homophobia is rife and the penalty for same-sex timacy is up to 10 years jail wh hard labour.

Jamai’s Prime Mister Andrew Holns said 2014, when opposn, that he wanted to put the gay sex ban to the public a “Grand Referendum”, along wh marijuana, abortn and whether Bra’s Queen Elizabeth should stay head of IACHR cisn was ma September 2019, but remaed strictly nfintial unr s orrs until Wednday. Gay Jamai one week: Montego Bay, priste beach, Gay Kgston, and much moreStori > Iterari > Gay Jamai one week: Montego Bay, priste beach, Gay Kgston, and much moreWhere idyllic pearl-whe beach give way to craggy clifftops and shg waterfalls, and laidback island vib njure dreamy days of reggae and m, Jamai is a patch of paradise that almost needs no troductn. Kgston | Photo: Rirdo ReidLGBT suatn JamaiThere’s no sugar-atg Jamai’s history of homophobia and ntued LGBTQ discrimatn.

Members of the gay muny rema victims of opprsn unr a Colonial-era Penal Co crimalizg same-sex relatns, lled ‘buggery laws.’ While a rise Jamain activists and creasg visibily is challengg the persecutory laws, censorship agast LGBTIQ rights and disparagg equaly and harassment towards the gay Jamai rema.That said, gay travellers to Jamai are ls likely to face discrimatn so long as they stay around well-trodn tourist areas. Avoid ptive animal centr, many of which have qutnable practic.Photo: Rock StaarDays 1 & 2: KgstonSandwiched between the Blue Mountas and the world’s seventh-largt natural harbour, Kgston is a ftg start to any gay Jamai travel erary.

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

Photo: Rock Staar Photo: Caique SilvaThe jagged astle is dotted wh swanky boutique hotels, most wh staggerg ocean views om their treetop lolDay 7: Montego BayRoundg out our gay Jamai erary is Montego Bay, an enchantg Jamai beach that is also home to one of the island’s most thmmg cy centr—right behd Kgston for s unscripted pictn of morn Jamai. Jamai is the most homophobic island the Caribbean, wh harsh anti-gay laws, even though there's a large lol gay populatn.

If you're sirg a gay trip to get some sun, fet Jamai unls you want to stay ep the closet.

Puerto Ri, notably Old San Juan, is a iendlier statn, certaly South Beach (part of Miami Beach) or Key Wt, but fely not Jamai where tolerance of gays is most pronounced. Vcent and the Grenad, where gay sex is still crimalized.From homelsns to ongog physil and verbal abe, the gay muny the small natn of some 100,000 people says is unr nstant threat.“Every LGBT person terviewed by Human Rights Watch said they wished to leave the untry immediately or had envisned their future abroad,” the report stated.In St.