The U.S. & Jamai are fightg over gay rights - LGBTQ Natn

Contents:

• THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS
• WHY DO SO MANY JAMAINS HATE GAY PEOPLE?
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• JAMAI SHOULD REPEAL GAY SEX BAN, SAYS AMERIS TOP RIGHTS BODY

THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS

ĐT nữ Jamai (4-2-3-1): Spencer; Blackwood, Spence, Swaby, Sampson; Shaw, Wiltshire; Bailey-Gayle, Matthews, Prim; Shaw. 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.

WHY DO SO MANY JAMAINS HATE GAY PEOPLE?

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. Jamai has a bad reputatn for anti-gay prejudice.

5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)

This small island the Caribbean has bee notor not only for s anti-gay laws, polil rhetoric and murrs, but also for s broad societal acceptance of severe sexual prejudice and openly hostile people remember dancehall star Buju Banton, who h the scene when he was 15 wh the hugely popular Boom Bye Bye. " Hard to cipher for someone not faiar wh Jamain patois, but Buju is sentially scribg shootg a gay man the head – he don't want to "promote no nasty man" the s after, hosts of other dancehall artists took up the banner, such as the group T. Who proclaimed that "chi-chi [gay] man fi ad and that's a fact".

Jamai is not alone; sexual prejudice is all over the news at the moment – om the Sultan of Bnei's troductn of Sharia law, to the anti-gay bill Uganda.

And 's worth rememberg that the UK gay people only acquired equal marriage rights earlier this year.

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

But Jamai has the double problem of beg scribed as "the most homophobic place on earth", but also beg one of those plac where ltle or no rearch is done to expla the anti-gay is why, llaboratn wh Dr Noel Cowell om the Universy of the Wt Indi, I cid to nduct the largt piece of rearch of s kd to date, g data llected by Profsor Ian terviewg about 2, 000 people across 40 muni Jamai, we looked at the predictors of anti-gay bias and measured rults nfirm the spicn that Jamains, general, hold very strong prejudic agast gays and lbians. This was te whether we referred to attus, perceptns of gay rights, or prejudiced behavur.

However, thanks to this rearch, we n now pot to some important other untri, wealth, tn and (younger) age were associated wh ls anti-gay prejudice.

Religsy, which is often the reason offered by anti-gay lobbyists, also predicted more anti-gay bias. We need more rearch lookg at the nsequenc of anti-gay dancehall, and policy on what we should do about also found that male genr was an important predictor, tmpg tn, age and even relign.