Beg gay Jamai is not easy. For years, human rights groups have nounced the harassment, beatg and even killg of gays the untry, to ltle avail.
Contents:
- THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS
- JAMAI: HOW POLICE TREAT PLATS MA BY LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) PEOPLE (2007-2010)
- GAY JAMAINS LNCH LEGAL ACTN OVER ISLAND'S HOMOPHOBIC LAWS
- ATTACKS SHOW EASYGOG JAMAI IS DIRE PLACE FOR GAYS
- JAMAI POLICE COMMISSNER BLAM GAYS FOR VLENCE
THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS
Tensns are risg after Jamai refed to accred the spoe of a gay Amerin diplomat. * gay policeman in jamaica *
He intifi as gay. 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.
JAMAI: HOW POLICE TREAT PLATS MA BY LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) PEOPLE (2007-2010)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Ri (AP) — Internatnal activists mand Tuday that Jamai repeal the buggery law crimalizg gay sex, notg that the ernment still has not heed a regnal rights panel... * gay policeman in jamaica *
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.
Homosexualy among women is not explicly illegal, but sodomy between any two humans is punishable wh up to 10 years prison.
GAY JAMAINS LNCH LEGAL ACTN OVER ISLAND'S HOMOPHOBIC LAWS
* gay policeman in jamaica *
E Jamai: How police treat plats ma by lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people (2007 - 2010)Rearch Directorate, Immigratn and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa. Several non-ernmental anizatns (NGOs) dite that lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people are subject to "harassment" by police officers (JFJ et al. A 2010 report submted to the Uned Natns (UN) Human Rights Council by a aln of seven non-ernmental anizatns (NGOs) Jamai, which are active protectg the human rights of LGBT people, sex workers and people livg wh HIV/AIDS, explas that, bee Jamain law crimaliz acts of same-sex timacy between two mal, the police have ed to harass men perceived to be gay (JASL et al.
The Uned Stat (US) Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practic for 2009 dit that gay men are hant to report crim agast them bee of "fear for their physil well-beg" (11 Mar.
In a telephone terview wh the Rearch Directorate, the Executive Director of Jamai Fom for Lbians, All-Sexuals, and Gays (J-FLAG), an anizatn that promot the human rights of LGBT people Jamai (J-FLAG n. In one example of mob vlence, Febary 2007, a group of men perceived to be gay were reportedly threatened and attacked by a large group Kgston (JASL et al.
ATTACKS SHOW EASYGOG JAMAI IS DIRE PLACE FOR GAYS
Commissn fds Jamain ernment rponsible for vlatg the rights of two gay people * gay policeman in jamaica *
In another example, April 2007, a mob attacked a church Manville durg the funeral of a gay man (JASL et al. Sourc report that January 2008, a mob attacked the home of gay men Manville, rultg the hospalizatn of two of the victims (JASL et al.
He also noted that there was one prosecutn for the murr of a gay man (ibid. "Homophobia Jamai: A Vic Intolerance. "Jamai: Shield Gays om Mob Attacks.
JAMAI POLICE COMMISSNER BLAM GAYS FOR VLENCE
Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA). "Police Batter Victim of Homophobic Mob. Jamai Aids Support for Life (JASL), Jamai Fom for Lbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG), Caribbean Vulnerable Communi Coaln (CVC), Sex Workers Associatn of Jamai (SWAJ), Women for Women (WfW), The Unrled Rponse (UR), and Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex--Lat Ameri and the Caribbean (ILGA-LAC).
Jamai Fom for Lbian, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG). "Gay Cop Demands Rights. Inter s, cludg: European Country of Orig Informatn Network (), Freedom Hoe, Internatnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn, Office of the Uned Natns (UN) High Commissner for Refuge (UNHCR) Refworld.
The Shoemaker Gully New Kgston which homosexual men have turned to their home. THE St Andrew Central police have tensified their search for a homosexual man known to equent the Shoemaker Gully at Trafalgar Road New Kgston relatn to the murr of a man May. Police said that the early hours of Sunday May 18 this year, a man was g his cellular phone while walkg by the spot, now lled the 'Gay Bridge', when he was attacked and dragged to the gully and stabbed repeatedly after he risted beg robbed.