Human Rights Watch wants St. Vcent to repeal gay sex ban | Miami Herald

Contents:

• GAY SEX IS STILL ILLEGAL THIS CARIBBEAN ISLAND; HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH WANTS BAN REPEALED
• THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS
• ONLY LADS : EE GAY DATG & GAY CHAT SOCIAL WORK
• JAMAI SHOULD REPEAL GAY SEX BAN, SAYS AMERIS TOP RIGHTS BODY
• GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT
• 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
• JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
• GAY JAMAI ONE WEEK: MONTEGO BAY, PRISTE BEACH, GAY KGSTON, AND MUCH MORE
• WHAT'S LIKE TO BE GAY JAMAI?
• GAY JAMAI - KGSTON FOM

GAY SEX IS STILL ILLEGAL THIS CARIBBEAN ISLAND; HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH WANTS BAN REPEALED

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. Vcent and the Grenad still has laws on the books makg gay sex illegal.

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

Vcent and the Grenad is known for s volnic terra, spectacular ral reefs and yacht-filled the ty Eastern Caribbean untry loted the Lser Antill also has a dub reputatn when to the treatment of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people: Its lonial-era gay sex ban. “The laws sgle out nsensual gay sex the ‘sexual offens’ sectn of the crimal that is otherwise rerved for crim like rape, ct and sexual asslt, ” the report said.

Vcent and the Grenad, the level of homophobia the untry and ntued effect of s archaic law on rights of LGBT dividuals warranted report’s release while there is currently a trial si St. Vcent, gay sex is crimalized Domi, Grenada, Guyana and Sat Rights Watch says that the Hoe of Assembly St. Vcent and the Grenad should repeal the gay-sex provisns s crimal and pass prehensive civil anti-discrimatn legislatn that clus protectns based on sexual orientatn and genr inty.

“Every LGBT person terviewed said they wished to leave the untry and envisned their future abroad due, part, to the homophobic or transphobic vlence and discrimatn the untry, ” the report said. González said the crimalizatn of gay sex giv “tac state sanctn to the discrimatn and vlence that LGBT people experience their daily liv and pels many to look abroad to live eely and fulfill their dreams.

ONLY LADS : EE GAY DATG & GAY CHAT SOCIAL WORK

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.

Only Lads: ee gay datg & gay chat social work. KINGSTON, Feb 17 (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - Jamai should repeal s lonial-era gay sex ban, the top rights body of the Ameris said on Wednday, a symbolic landmark lg on LGBT+ rights the Jamains who iated the se 2011 - after they were attacked by homophobic gangs and sought asylum overseas - said the 1864 ban on the “abomable crime of buggery” and “gross cency” legimised vlence agast LGBT+ people.

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

“Gays and lbians ntue to be killed and tortured bee they are emed to be different, ” he said, scribg how he was beaten by the police ont of a mob. A spokwoman for the Jamain ernment was not immediately available to is the first time the Inter-Amerin Commissn on Human Rights (IACHR) has led that crimalisg gay and lbian people vlat ternatnal law, said the Human Digny Tst, an LGBT+ legal advocy group which brought the se.

Jamai is one of ne Caribbean untri that crimalise gay sex.

Homophobia is rife and the penalty for same-sex timacy is up to 10 years jail wh hard labour.

GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT

Gay sex is illegal 68 untri worldwi, says the ILGA advocy group. Jamai’s Prime Mister Andrew Holns said 2014, when opposn, that he wanted to put the gay sex ban to the public a “Grand Referendum”, along wh marijuana, abortn and whether Bra’s Queen Elizabeth should stay head of IACHR cisn was ma September 2019, but remaed strictly nfintial unr s orrs until Wednday. WASHINGTON – A feral appeals urt has led that a Catholic high school Indianapolis was ee to fire a gay guidance unselor bee she performed at least some relig duti, the latt legal setback for LGBTQ+ rights when they nflict wh Fzgerald had worked for 14 years as a guidance unselor at Ronlli High School when school officials disvered she was married to another woman.

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.

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

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.

JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

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.

GAY JAMAI ONE WEEK: MONTEGO BAY, PRISTE BEACH, GAY KGSTON, AND MUCH MORE

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

WHAT'S LIKE TO BE GAY JAMAI?

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. 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 light ra eased the heat and the dancers went home to was all a far cry om the untry that Time magaze lled “the most homophobic place on Earth” 2006.

GAY JAMAI - KGSTON FOM

In a 2013 survey of 71 LGBT people nducted by Human Rights Watch, more than half said they had been victims of homophobic vlence. Non-vlent discrimatn is even more pervasive, wh bullyg and excln faced tn, healthre and wh lol change has e through the ditn of activists, cludg the work of Jamai Fom for Lbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-Flag), the untry’s largt LGBT rights anisatn, which this month celebrat s 20th the anisatn lnched on 10 December 1998, ed outrage. Public reactn has, however, been hostile … for the next few years, at least, gay rights our society, as far as road march or public appearanc are ncerned, is a very dim possibily.