Social psychologist Dr. Keon Wt asss the state of his native Jamai's gay rights and anti-homosexualy movements.
Contents:
- YOUNG AND GAY: JAMAI'S GULLY QUEENS
- DOCUMENTARY EXPOS HARSH VLENCE AGAST GAY PEOPLE IN JAMAI
- 'THE ABOMABLE CRIME' GAY DOCUMENTARY FEATURG JAMAI BUTS US
- ACROSS JAMAI'S GAY DIVI
- ACROSS JAMAI'S GAY DIVI - PART ONE
- THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS
- DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
- 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
YOUNG AND GAY: JAMAI'S GULLY QUEENS
Young and Gay: Jamai's Gully Queens: Directed by Adri Murguia. In Jamai, attacks, murr, and rape are mon occurrenc agast LGBTI people, wh ltle to no retributn or jtice brought agast those rponsible. After beg forced om shacks, relict buildgs, and their own fai, many homels LGBTI Jamains have found refuge the storm draage systems of Kgston - known lolly as the gully. For trans girls and gay men unable or unwillg to hi their sexualy, the sense of muny and relative safety the gully provis acts as a wele sanctuary, and for many, a hope of change to e. VICE News traveled to the New Kgston area to see what LGBTI life is like Jamai - where jt beg who you are n mean livg a life unrground." data-id="ma * gay documentary in jamaica *
"Jamai is a homophobic society, " is the plaly stated fact the openg scene of Vice News' new documentary, Young and Gay: Jamai's Gully Queens. "We grow up to dislike homosexuals. We grow up to hate homosexualy.
It is the send stallment a seri Vice is producg unr the moniker "Young and Gay. " It follows on the heels of Young and Gay Put's is never easy Kgston's gully life. That's evint durg a scene which some gully rints unveil srred necks, arms and torsos -- battle srs of their prediment as LGBT people one of the wtern hemisphere's most vlently homophobic youth are faced wh Jamai's "murky history" wh homophobia and the ongog tug-of-war about a lonial-era anti-buggery law fought between the untry's relig-nservative groups and s more progrsive polil tablishment.
DOCUMENTARY EXPOS HARSH VLENCE AGAST GAY PEOPLE IN JAMAI
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But as soon as their peaceful monstratn starts, drivers shout antigay slurs as they film pellgly portrays how homophobia and transphobia are so engraed Jamain culture that the tragedy of the young LGBT Jamains seems lost on a ernment official terviewed. The Jamai Observer reports that Deputy Police Supertennt Christopher Murdock has proposed a homels shelter where "gay men New Kgston n accs meditn, psychologil evaluatn, unselg and skills trag.
Ironilly, as Gay Star News reports, some of the anizers of the meetg were volved closg down a shelter that once existed to serve the same populatn those same anizers say need a shelter Vice's Young and Gay: Jamai's Gully Queens the vio below:.
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'THE ABOMABLE CRIME' GAY DOCUMENTARY FEATURG JAMAI BUTS US
Jamai is known for beach and warm weather, but for many gay and lbian people livg on the island, 's a place of hatred. A documentary, The Abomable Crime sh a light on homophobia and anti-gay vlence Jamai. Host Michel Mart fds out more om filmmaker Mih Fk and human rights activist Mrice Tomlson. This segment ially aired July 22, 2013 on Tell Me More. * gay documentary in jamaica *
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ACROSS JAMAI'S GAY DIVI
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ACROSS JAMAI'S GAY DIVI - PART ONE
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In 2006, TIME magaze wrote that Jamai was perhaps “the most homophobic place on Earth. € The island natn is renowned for s anti-gay vlence, wh homosexuals facg asslt, stabbgs, rape and even murr. Mih Fk’s The Abomable Crime, named after the Jamain law that crimaliz homosexual acts, tak viewers beyond the headl to the real-life dividuals affected by anti-gay vlence.
THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS
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“My hope is that The Abomable Crime will help shatter stereotyp about gays and lbians, says Fk.
“We enurage viewers to take a eper look at homophobia, cludg some of the long-term impacts of on dividuals and on the Jamain society at large, cludg on the battle agast the HIV panmic. “Mih has brought an extraordary human touch to the issue of anti-gay sentiment and attacks Jamai by troducg dienc to two brave souls eply affected by , †not NBPC executive director Llie Fields-Cz. Published:Thursday | September 19, 2013 | 1:42 PMAn ternatnal documentary allegg that beg gay Jamai n be a ath sentence is set to but the US pal, Washgton DC productn tled 'The Abomable Crime' by Mih Fk, will foc on gay Jamains who say they have been forced to flee their untry and face the risks and challeng of seekg asylum film will be screened several tim over the next week as part of a week-long film ftival produced by the US-based Pulzer Center on Crisis documentary alleg that tolerance is accepted Jamai and beg gay here n be a ath participants the documentary clu former parliamentarian and attorney-at-law Ernt Smh who spoke of his views agast homosexualy.
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DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
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'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
Psychologist Dr Keon Wt asss the mpaigns for and agast homosexualy Jamai. The social psychologist Dr Keon Wt returns to his native Jamai to asss the state of the untry’s gay rights and anti-homosexualy movements.
Gay rights activists ma the first legal challenge Jamai's history earlier this year, appealg for the so-lled ‘buggery law’ to be re-asssed. The law, which is a lonial legacy prohibg certa sexual acts, is the foc of much ntroversy Jamai and at s heart is the qutn of whether or not homosexualy is culturally or even morally acceptable. From a group of activists standg silently promotg gay tolerance, to a march that lls for sexual pury, cludg matag of the Buggery Law, Wt speaks to both sis, askg if attus are now exorably changg.