Jamaican Supreme Court stacks the deck against LGBT rights
The Jamaican Supreme Court dealt a setback last week to the lawsuit seeking to overturn Jamaica’s anti-LGBT sodomy…
OK to block TV tolerance ad? Jamaican court will decide
The Jamaican Court of Appeal is in the midst of hearings on whether TV stations that serve the…
Jamaica today: Challenging homophobic TV stations
The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network reports: This morning, the Jamaican Court of Appeal will begin hearing a precedent-setting…
Death threats won’t stop Jamaican LGBT advocate
Maurice Tomlinson is one of the best-known LGBT rights advocates from Jamaica. His activism over the years has…
Jamaican ruling: No penalty for pushing tolerance ad
A Jamaican activist reports on today’s Jamaican Supreme Court ruling against TV stations’ bid to require LGBT rights…
Jamaica: 'Church, TV can dictate how gays are viewed'
Rejected ad: ‘As a Jamaican, I respect you and I love you.’ In rejecting an appeal for a…
Jamaica: Christians as victims if no law to imprison gays?
Anti-gay church leaders in Jamaica claim they will be the victims if Jamaican courts overturn the law that…
Jamaican TV: Why we reject LGBT tolerance ad
Attorneys for Jamaican television stations argued on May 28 and 29 that their clients had the right to…
Jamaican TV stations due in court for nixing LGBT ad
This just in from human rights lawyer Maurice Tomlinson: On May 27-31, 2013, AIDS-Free World will take on…
Jamaica’s new privacy rights may cancel old anti-LGBT law
In 2011, Jamaica’s Parliament unanimously approved a new Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms which, for the first…