Human Rights Watch: Anti-gay laws promote vlence, discrimatn St. Vcent

Contents:

• GAY-RIGHTS LOBBY URG VIGILANCE AS DATG APP ISSU JAMAI SAFETY ALERT
• HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
• ONLY LADS : EE GAY DATG & GAY CHAT SOCIAL WORK
• TWO JAMAIN MEN GET LIFE SENTENC FOR KILLG PRIT THEY MET ON POPULAR GAY DATG APP
• JAMAI MAN ATTACKED AFTER G GAY DATG APP
• A GAY LLEGE STUNT SAYS HE STILL GRDR AFTER SURVIVG HORRIFIC TORTURE AT THE HANDS OF A MAN HE MET ON THE APP — BUT HE TAK STEPS TO PROTECT HIMSELF

GAY-RIGHTS LOBBY URG VIGILANCE AS DATG APP ISSU JAMAI SAFETY ALERT

While ntendg that the safety alert is “not shockg” bee “unscpulo persons n e to do harm to any person who , cludg members of the muny”, Murray exprsed ncern that a number of heterosexual men are g the platform to target gay men. While I n’t speak nclively as to the sexualy of the perpetrators, is likely that que a number of the perpetrators are heterosexual men and are g to physilly harm, cludg kill, gay men when they fally get to meet them face to face, ” he told The Gleaner.

In October 2021, a St Jam man was abducted, robbed, had his penis partially severed, and then set on fire after he went to meet a man he met on a gay datg webse. At the time, the police said the crime was remiscent of a scheme they dismantled years ago which men went on popular gay s pretendg to be seekg sexual partners. But n also be dangero – a hotbed for tfish, thiev and unrver police, creatg a society which sharg a photo of your face n get you a rult, Grdr clus several safety featur what lls ​“dangero neighbourhood untri”, like Uganda where 67 were charged after a raid on a gay bar earlier this month, Indonia where two men were publicly ned after they were ught havg sex, or Egypt where police are known to e Grdr to entrap and arrt gay men.

In such untri, Grdr offers advice lol languag about how to meet safely and disabl their lotn feature by flt, meang is easier for LGBT ers at risk to rema spoke about Grdr experienc wh five people om untri where is illegal or taboo to be gay. It’s eful if you’re gay bee ’s dangero to flirt wh someone real life – your gaydar might fail, and would be a sndal if he turned out to be n brg people together, pecially sce you n’t be open about your sexualy public. I have close gay iends I met om Grdr.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT

I like s and love letters and the ​‘guy next door’ e Grdr to entrap and arrt gay people. If you expla and say you’re gay, maybe they’ll get your phone back but then arrt you for beg gay. But now the app is blocked by the ernment, along wh all gay datg apps, so we mt e a VPN [virtual private work] to accs .

Same-sex activy is not illegal here, but people still view homosexualy very badly, except the upper class. Police sometim jo gay i, too, stayg unrver until people start g dgs, when then start makg arrts. If you live one of thirty rooms a big hoe, and a guy threatens to scream that you’re gay, you’d probably pay jt to keep them quiet.

WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

The legal punishment for homosexualy Iran is very ser, even executn, but sce there are protts agast the regime at the moment, the thori are foced on polil vlence. Sayg bad thgs about the regime would be more ser than a gay relatnship. It’s even possible for gay upl to live together Tehran.

Obvly would be different small ci, where you n’t be openly gay your fay or muny, but Tehran ’s more or ls five years I met maybe 30 or 35 guys om apps. I do worry about the dangers meetg gay people, so I prefer to talk before we meet and make sure ’s not somebody nnected to my home life or work, bee if people fd out about your orientatn you uld lose your job. I don’t have any gay iends.

ONLY LADS : EE GAY DATG & GAY CHAT SOCIAL WORK

“Grdr has bee very popular the gay muny here the last uple of years, particularly among foreigners, or those who want to meet them.

TWO JAMAIN MEN GET LIFE SENTENC FOR KILLG PRIT THEY MET ON POPULAR GAY DATG APP

They don’t want to be the public eye bee Jamai n be very homophobic, pendg on your fay.

I know openly gay people om wealthy fai, but if you’re lower class and out, people will look down at you. When I msaged him later he replied wh homophobic slurs.

That’s how I found out there are straight men who e Grdr to meet gay men to rob them. Then there are gay men who e Grdr to meet foreigners and rob them, sellg their phon to have a dollar to eat.

JAMAI MAN ATTACKED AFTER G GAY DATG APP

A few years ago at the height of the hysteria about homosexualy, a newspaper published photos of a hundred LGBT guys, many taken om Grdr. I have ma iends on Grdr, and I thk apps help build gay muny.

A GAY LLEGE STUNT SAYS HE STILL GRDR AFTER SURVIVG HORRIFIC TORTURE AT THE HANDS OF A MAN HE MET ON THE APP — BUT HE TAK STEPS TO PROTECT HIMSELF

Vcent to overturn anti-gay laws om the lonial era that have led to a recent wave of vlence and genr discrimatn on the small Caribbean island.

Homosexualy ntu to be crimalized the former Brish lony after many hundreds of years, leavg LGBTQ dividuals wh ltle if any legal protectns while vlent crim were beg mted wh impuny, the report said. Standg crimal s on the island put nsensual gay sex the same tegory as crim like rape, ct, and sexual asslt, although there have been no recent nvictns unr the law. Gay people have been targeted by fay members, neighbors, -workers, classmat and teachers -- as well as police officers, the report said.

In many of the episos, police allegedly refed to offer assistance, and some s beme openly discrimatory toward gay victims. Gay workers were also facg job discrimatn a natn already bet by high unemployment. Many of the terviewe said job hirgs and firgs were beg largely termed by sexual orientatn, while other gay people lucky to have jobs faced sexual harassment the workplace.