KINGSTON, Jamai (AP) — Jamai's LGBT muny is holdg s first gay pri celebratn, a weeklong observance that was prevly almost unthkable a Caribbean untry long scribed as the one of the globe's most hostile plac to homosexualy. Events the pal of Kgston have clud a flash mob gatherg a park, an art exhib and performanc featurg songs and poems by lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Jamains. A dance party was set for Wednday. Gay rights activists said Tuday the peaceful events are a clear sign that tolerance for LGBT people is expandg on the island even though stigma is mon and longstandg laws crimalizg gay sex between men rema on the books. "I thk we will look back on this and see as a turng pot bee many persons thought that would never actually happen," said Latoya Nugent of the Jamai Fom of Lbians, All-Sexuals and Gays, or J-FLAG, the rights group that anized the event. For years, Jamai's gay muny lived so far unrground that their parti and church servic were held secret lotns. Most stuck to a "don't ask, don't tell" policy of keepg their sexual orientatn hidn to avoid scty or protect loved on. Two gay rights lears were killed and a number of gay Jamains won asylum overseas. But while discrimatn agast gays remas pervasive many parts of Jamai and anti-gay vlence flar up recurrently, Nugent said there is an accurate perceptn overseas that homosexuals Jamai "n't even walk on the streets bee if you do you are gog to be stoned or stabbed to ath." "What we are seeg the days is more and more LGBT people willg to be visible, to be open, and to be public," said Nugent, -chairman of the planng mtee for the events lled PriJa. "It's remarkable." Some 80 cints of discrimatn, threats, physil attacks, displacement and sexual vlence were reported to J-FLAG last year and the high-profile 2013 mob murr of transgenr teen Dwayne Jon remas unsolved. There have been reports of targeted sexual asslts of lbians. In a 2014 report, New York-based Human Rights Watch asserted that LGBT people Jamai rema the targets of unchecked vlence and are equently refed hog or employment. A growg number of LGBT Jamains say they are refg to live the shadows. "Y, there's still ridicule on the streets and some people look at you and lgh, but 's not as vlent as was and we will sist on livg our liv. There is a certa change gog on," Nas Ch told The Associated Prs after dancg at a secure pri event. Still, many Jamains nsir homosexualy to be a perversn om abroad and a newspaper-missned poll suggted there is overwhelmg ristance to repealg anti-sodomy laws. In late Augt, a young Jamain gay rights activist who brought an unprecented legal challenge to the anti-sodomy law whdrew his claim after growg fearful about possible vlent reprisals. But Human Rights Watch has noted a "groundswell of change" the way Jamai is rpondg to human rights ab agast LGBT people. In recent days, Kgston's mayor and the island's jtice mister have publicly supported the pri activi, a major change a natn where some policians once routely railed agast homosexuals and former Prime Mister Bce Goldg vowed 2008 to never allow gays his Cabet. ___ David McFadn on Twter:
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- TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
- JAMAI TO HOLD S FIRST GAY PRI CELEBRATN THE ISLAND’S PAL
- HERE IS WHY JAMAINS ARE DEMANDG REMOVAL OF LGBTQ GAY PRI FLAG OM US EMBASSY
- JAMAI'S FIRST PUBLIC GAY PRI EVENT A SYMBOL OF CHANGE: 'IT FELT LIBERATG'
- LGBT JAMAINS HOLDG FIRST GAY PRI CELEBRATN ON ISLAND
- SPICE HEADLG 2022 TORONTO GAY PRI LGBTQ FTIVAL
- JAMAI’S “LOVE MARCH,” TURNS INTO GIANT ANTI-GAY PARA
TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
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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. “First of all, I’m gay, ” he said, “and this movie is gog to be gay non. "Alex AvilaAnd Gay Tim, a Brish LGBTQ news se, celebrated Friday, the day of the film’s official release, as “Barbie day“ and lled the world-renowned doll a “queer cultural phenomenon.
PicturIn an terview wh Fandango, actor Kate McKnon, who is openly gay and plays “Weird Barbie” the film, said Barbie is about “imagatn. Many also flagged the teased scene which Barbie, now the real world, exchang a longg look wh Ameri Ferrera’s Gloria character; though, the relatnship between the two turns out to be a tribute to motherhood and the tradnal, nuclear before the film’s release, Robbie all but squashed the mors that some or any of the Barbi and Kens would be gay, tellg the Brish LGBTQ magaze Attu: The dolls don’t “actually have sexual orientatns. There are brief appearanc by Earrg Magic Ken and Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken, both of which Mattel has always nied were tentnally gay-d.
”As far as the queer-d trailers and promotnal clips for the new “Barbie” film, Rand poted to a phenomenon known as “gay wdow advertisg, ” or the practice of advertisers gturg to queer dienc a way that will go over the heads of those who would disapprove. 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. 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.
JAMAI TO HOLD S FIRST GAY PRI CELEBRATN THE ISLAND’S PAL
Homosexualy among women is not explicly illegal, but sodomy between any two humans is punishable wh up to 10 years prison. Supreme Court lg that favored of a signer who don’t want to make weddg webs for gay upl and a slew of anti-LGBTQ+ bills across the untry this year, such as legislatn targetg drag performanc and genr-nfirmg health para-goer said was nice to see a posive si to thgs bee Pri is sential to show people ’s worth to live as their tt self. Jamai’s LGBT muny is holdg s first gay pri celebratn the island’s pal, a weeklong event that was prevly almost unthkable a Caribbean untry long scribed as the one of the globe’s most hostile plac to Kgston have clud a flash mob gatherg a park, an art exhib and performanc featurg songs and poems by lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Jamains.
Jamain gay rights activists said Tuday the peaceful events are a clear sign that tolerance for LGBT people is expandg on the island even though stigma is mon and longstandg laws crimalizg sex between men rema on the books. “I thk we will look back on this and see as a turng pot bee many persons thought that would never actually happen, ” said Latoya Nugent of the Jamai Fom of Lbians, All-Sexuals and Gays, or J-FLAG, the rights group that anized the years, Jamai’s gay muny lived so far unrground that their parti and church servic were held secret lotns. A number of gay Jamains have won asylum while discrimatn agast gays remas pervasive many parts of Jamai and anti-gay vlence flar up recurrently, Nugent said there’s an accurate perceptn overseas that homosexuals Jamai “n’t even walk on the streets bee if you do you are gog to be stoned or stabbed to ath”.
HERE IS WHY JAMAINS ARE DEMANDG REMOVAL OF LGBTQ GAY PRI FLAG OM US EMBASSY
There is a certa change gog on, ” 26-year-old Nas Ch told the Associated Prs after dancg at a secure pri Jamains nsir homosexualy to be a perversn om abroad and a newspaper-missned poll has suggted there is overwhelmg ristance to repealg anti-sodomy laws. In late Augt, a young Jamain gay rights activist who brought an unprecented legal challenge to the anti-sodomy law whdrew his claim after growg fearful about possible vlent Human Rights Watch has noted that there’s been a “groundswell of change” the way Jamai is rpondg to human rights ab agast LGBT recent days, Kgston’s mayor and the island’s jtice mister have even publicly supported the weeklong pri activi, a major change a natn where policians once routely railed agast homosexuals and former prime mister Bce Goldg vowed 2008 to never allow gays his bet.
The Gay Pri flag of the LGBTQ muny is g natnal ntroversy Jamai. News reports revealed that Jamains are mandg removal of the Gay Pri flag om the US Embassy buildg.
JAMAI'S FIRST PUBLIC GAY PRI EVENT A SYMBOL OF CHANGE: 'IT FELT LIBERATG'
The reasons behd their anger stem om many different re ’s Why Jamains Demand Removal of Gay Pri Flag om US aforementned there seems to be a diverse array of personal reasons Jamains want the LGBTQ flag taken down om the US Embassy.
One reason that stood out most was a Jamain cizen who said the Gay Pri Flag was vlatg 1961 Vienna Conventn on Diplomatic Relatns “Article 3. The man claimed US flyg the Gay Pri Flag Jamai was an act of hostily towards their laws, culture, and mocratic system.
LGBT JAMAINS HOLDG FIRST GAY PRI CELEBRATN ON ISLAND
Another reason me om a member of the Jamain Coaln that allegedly feels that havg a Gay Pri Flag on the US Embassy Jamai promot life practic that threaten Jamain culture, and go agast the teachgs of the Bible. Perhaps the most harsh reason me om a Jamain woman who said the Gay Pri flag reprents “perverse $exual behavrs”, and “liftyl choic that lead to disease and ath”. As you n see the vio Jamains prottg the Gay Pri flag ont US Embassy were rryg signs sayg “Stop Cultural Imperialism”, while others simply said “Take Down the LGBTQ flag”.
This suatn is epome of a clash of cultur gog eher tentnally or ’s possible the US Embassy is flyg the Gay Pri Flag to make a polil statement to the people of Jamai.
“It's not as gay as ed to be, but still is.
SPICE HEADLG 2022 TORONTO GAY PRI LGBTQ FTIVAL
The center has the hight percentage, at least of gay men, ” said Rs Lopez, an activist and historian who serv on the board of the History Project, a nonprof that prerv and shar New England's LGBTQ history. Gay men began g to the South End the 1960s and ’70s lookg for cheap hog what was then nsired one of the poort neighborhoods Boston, but also one where they uld feel safe, Lopez said. And that's one reason why this was always much more for gay whe men — to a certa extent also Black and Lato men, bee of the history of the South End beg a place that was also a home for Black and Lato people, ” Lopez said.
San Fleischmann, Gay Communy News Photograph Collectn / Courty of The History Project. The Emancipennce holidays celebrate both the end of slavery 1838 and the untry’s break away om Brish lonial le this year has seen a very different kd of symbolic even, one that for LGBT mpaigners the untry marks an equally important moment the future velopment of this young started not wh a proclamatn or a flag beg hoisted up and down a pole but wh a flash mob, an art day and a chance for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Jamains to show thgs are changg for the JA was the first public gay pri celebratn the English-speakg Caribbean, after a siar event had to be nceled due to secury ncerns the Bahamas last year.
JAMAI’S “LOVE MARCH,” TURNS INTO GIANT ANTI-GAY PARA
For those volved the week’s activi – anised by JFLAG, the Jamai Fom for Lbians, All-Sexuals and Gays – was a chance to be proud and visible. ”Jamai has often been scribed as one of the most homophobic untri the world, a untry where hostily toward gays and lbians is voiced om the church pulp to the sound activy between mal is illegal and threats of physil vlence and discrimatn are all too year JFLAG reported more than 80 homophobic cints cludg threats, physil attacks, sexual vlence and displacement, while the high-profile 2013 mob kilg of transgenr teen Dwayne Jon remas was a ncern for the anisers of PRIDE JA, said Latoya Nugent, JFLAG’s tn and outreach manager.