Tag Archives: Jamaica

Jamaica: Support grows for LGBT youths living in sewers

Posted on December 9, 2013 by

The plight of homeless LGBT youths in Jamaica has become much more widely known recently, even as much remains to be done to help them. Ousted from everywhere else they have tried to live — their parents’ homes, then abandoned … Continue reading →

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Jamaican police seize, burn donations to LGBT youths

Posted on December 3, 2013 by

Jamaican police on Dec. 1 seized and burned food and clothing that concerned citizens had donated to LGBT youths who have been living in the sewers of New Kingston, activists say. The youths moved into the sewers after being evicted … Continue reading →

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8 arrests, not help, for homeless Jamaican LGBTs

Posted on December 2, 2013 by

Police in New Kingston, Jamaica, arrested eight homeless men on robbery charges  Dec. 1, even as concerned Jamaican citizens and activists work to help LGBT men forced to live in the sewers. Some activists expressed doubt that police were targeting … Continue reading →

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How to help shelter Jamaica’s persecuted LGBT youths

Posted on November 27, 2013 by

Activists and other concerned citizens in Jamaica are working to build support for a shelter for homeless LGBT youths who have sought refuge in the sewers after being driven out of their family homes and out of abandoned buildings. Their … Continue reading →

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Caribbean nations are abuzz with LGBT news

Posted on November 20, 2013 by

The LGBT-focused International Resource Network published a useful compilation of LGBT news from the Caribbean last week, including these items from Guyana, Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad. An editorial in the Kaieteur News of Guyana speaks to “The Plight of the … Continue reading →

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Jamaica: ‘Church, TV can dictate how gays are viewed’

Posted on November 18, 2013 by

Rejected ad: ‘As a Jamaican, I respect you and I love you.’ In rejecting an appeal for a TV ad promoting respect for LGBT people, the justices of the Jamaican Constitutional Court last week “basically upheld the right of anti-gay … Continue reading →

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Jamaican police keep attacking homeless LGBTs

Posted on November 11, 2013 by

Police in Jamaica are continuing their harassment of homeless LGBT youths who are living in the sewers and gullies of New Kingston after being rejected by their families and ousted from temporary shelters in vacant homes and in a drainage … Continue reading →

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How to help homeless LGBT Jamaicans

Posted on November 6, 2013 by

Some money and plenty of encouragement have flowed in for Jamaicans who are seeking to help a group of homeless LGBT men and boys who have been hounded out of their homes and temporary shelters by family, police and homophobic … Continue reading →

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Shunned by families, gay teens face rape, HIV on Jamaican streets

Posted on November 4, 2013 by

An LGBT rights activist comments about Jamaica: “Jamaican LGBT youth are being evicted as young as 11 years old. Some engage in sex work to survive. Many contract HIV and other STIs. And still there is a deafening silence from … Continue reading →

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Jamaican-style ‘Les Mis’: Help for LGBTs forced into the sewers?

Posted on October 30, 2013 by

Homeless LGBT men whom Jamaican police burned out of their shelter in a drainage ditch have relocated to the sewers, according to an informed activist. The men’s plight — evicted from their homes by family, chased out of abandoned houses … Continue reading →

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