Pro-gay reggae sger fi Jamain homophobia | Peter Tatchell Foundatn

Contents:

• REGGAE SGER LILA IKé COM OUT AS GAY, SHAR SHE WAS RAPED & BLACKMAILED
• PRO-GAY REGGAE SGER FI JAMAIN HOMOPHOBIA
• DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
• WHY DO SO MANY JAMAINS HATE GAY PEOPLE?
• THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS

REGGAE SGER LILA IKé COM OUT AS GAY, SHAR SHE WAS RAPED & BLACKMAILED

One fan on Twter wrote, “Ah me alone nfe as to whether Koffee gay or straight?

“People still a wonr if Koffee gay?

” Some fans were even fond of the ia, wh one even pg for the chance to marry Koffee if she is gay.

PRO-GAY REGGAE SGER FI JAMAIN HOMOPHOBIA

“Now that koffee is puttg on for JA is safe for me to be full on gay there or nah, ” another fan asked. “If she’s gay so what? Me j love the offergs the vio— shorday (@ji_er684) July 17, 2020I only speculate about Koffee’s sexualy bee would be great if Jamains jt admted they gay af— Prisons & Police Are Obsolete (@MAD_l) July 18, 2020People still a wonr if Koffee gay??

DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT

Chile…— Flaws & Ss (@yxngkura) July 17, 2020I’m pretty sure Koffee is gay… but then aga there are plenty straight women that drs like men… oh well— ME THAT’s WHO (@Fh_Boodah) July 18, 2020Now that koffee is puttg on for JA is safe for me to be full on gay there or nah — sunflwrpwr (@sunflwrpwrs) July 17, 2020. And my mom and my grandmother, ” she said another tweet before addg two more separate tweets- “I’ve been raped”, “Molted” nclud a tweet that she was gay. In 2006, Time Magaze named Jamai ​“the most homophobic place on Earth.

WHY DO SO MANY JAMAINS HATE GAY PEOPLE?

” As a genre, dancehall has produced many murroly homophobic lyrics. For Nelson, there’s nothg herently homophobic about Jamain mic. ​“To say we are the most homophobic place is jt simply not te… ’s not the vlent mob g to chop somebody up like you might picture before.

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

Perhaps the cle homophobia n be attributed to the rise of social media and a more globalised world that allows people on the island to see, and be aware of, other liftyl. The Stop Murr Mic Campaign – which prsur Jamain micians to absta om allegedly glorifyg homophobic vlence (and which J‑Flag -n) – targeted Banton alongsi several other artists. Banton signed a ntract wh Stop Murr Mic Campaign 2007, agreeg to no longer make homophobic statements.